diff --git a/engine/platform/sdl1/s_sdl1.c b/engine/platform/sdl1/s_sdl1.c
index 03de7e5b..93e955ae 100644
--- a/engine/platform/sdl1/s_sdl1.c
+++ b/engine/platform/sdl1/s_sdl1.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ qboolean SNDDMA_Init( void )
 
 	memset( &desired, 0, sizeof( desired ) );
 	desired.freq     = SOUND_DMA_SPEED;
-	desired.format   = AUDIO_S16LSB;
+	desired.format   = AUDIO_S16SYS;
 	desired.samples  = 1024;
 	desired.channels = 2;
 	desired.callback = SDL_SoundCallback;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ qboolean SNDDMA_Init( void )
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if( obtained.format != AUDIO_S16LSB )
+	if( obtained.format != AUDIO_S16SYS )
 	{
 		Con_Printf( "SDL audio format %d unsupported.\n", obtained.format );
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/engine/platform/sdl2/s_sdl2.c b/engine/platform/sdl2/s_sdl2.c
index 53183bc6..0bf8f230 100644
--- a/engine/platform/sdl2/s_sdl2.c
+++ b/engine/platform/sdl2/s_sdl2.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ qboolean SNDDMA_Init( void )
 
 	memset( &desired, 0, sizeof( desired ) );
 	desired.freq     = SOUND_DMA_SPEED;
-	desired.format   = AUDIO_S16LSB;
+	desired.format   = AUDIO_S16SYS;
 	desired.samples  = 1024;
 	desired.channels = 2;
 	desired.callback = SDL_SoundCallback;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ qboolean SNDDMA_Init( void )
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if( obtained.format != AUDIO_S16LSB )
+	if( obtained.format != AUDIO_S16SYS )
 	{
 		Con_Printf( "SDL audio format %d unsupported.\n", obtained.format );
 		goto fail;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ qboolean VoiceCapture_Init( void )
 
 	SDL_zero( wanted );
 	wanted.freq = voice.samplerate;
-	wanted.format = AUDIO_S16LSB;
+	wanted.format = AUDIO_S16SYS;
 	wanted.channels = VOICE_PCM_CHANNELS;
 	wanted.samples = voice.frame_size;
 	wanted.callback = SDL_SoundInputCallback;