diff --git a/src/audio/wasapi/SDL_wasapi.c b/src/audio/wasapi/SDL_wasapi.c
index 80a36bdfb6963..3a1acfeb08ab9 100644
--- a/src/audio/wasapi/SDL_wasapi.c
+++ b/src/audio/wasapi/SDL_wasapi.c
@@ -458,7 +458,10 @@ WASAPI_PrepDevice(_THIS, const SDL_bool updatestream)
         return WIN_SetErrorFromHRESULT("WASAPI can't determine minimum device period", ret);
     }
 
-#if 1  /* we're getting reports that WASAPI's resampler introduces distortions, so it's disabled for now. --ryan. */
+    /* we've gotten reports that WASAPI's resampler introduces distortions, but in the short term
+       it fixes some other WASAPI-specific quirks we haven't quite tracked down.
+       Refer to bug #6326 for the immediate concern. */
+#if 0
     this->spec.freq = waveformat->nSamplesPerSec;  /* force sampling rate so our resampler kicks in, if necessary. */
 #else
     /* favor WASAPI's resampler over our own */