diff --git a/libs/audio/renderer/snd_mem.c b/libs/audio/renderer/snd_mem.c
index ca884a339..14dfe6069 100644
--- a/libs/audio/renderer/snd_mem.c
+++ b/libs/audio/renderer/snd_mem.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ sfxbuffer_t *
 SND_GetCache (long samples, int rate, int inwidth, int channels,
 			  sfxblock_t *block, cache_allocator_t allocator)
 {
-	int         size;
+	int         len, size;
 	int         width;
 	float		stepscale;
 	sfxbuffer_t *sc;
@@ -168,12 +168,13 @@ SND_GetCache (long samples, int rate, int inwidth, int channels,
 
 	width = snd_loadas8bit->int_val ? 1 : 2;
 	stepscale = (float) rate / shm->speed;	// usually 0.5, 1, or 2
-	size = samples / stepscale;
+	len = size = samples / stepscale;
 //printf ("%ld %d\n", samples, size);
 	size *= width * channels;
 	sc = allocator (&block->cache, sizeof (sfxbuffer_t) + size, sfx->name);
 	if (!sc)
 		return 0;
+	sc->length = len;
 	memcpy (sc->data + size, "\xde\xad\xbe\xef", 4);
 	return sc;
 }
diff --git a/libs/audio/renderer/vorbis.c b/libs/audio/renderer/vorbis.c
index 70a840aee..a12a06637 100644
--- a/libs/audio/renderer/vorbis.c
+++ b/libs/audio/renderer/vorbis.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ load_ogg (OggVorbis_File *vf, sfxblock_t *block, cache_allocator_t allocator)
 	if (read_ogg (vf, data, info->datalen) < 0)
 		goto bail;
 	resample (sc, data, info->samples);
-	sc->length = sc->head = sfx->length;
+	sc->head = sc->length;
   bail:
 	if (data)
 		free (data);
diff --git a/libs/audio/renderer/wav.c b/libs/audio/renderer/wav.c
index 34dd8b1ba..22b3869c1 100644
--- a/libs/audio/renderer/wav.c
+++ b/libs/audio/renderer/wav.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ wav_callback_load (void *object, cache_allocator_t allocator)
 		SND_ResampleStereo (buffer, data, info->samples);
 	else
 		SND_ResampleMono (buffer, data, info->samples);
-	buffer->length = buffer->head = sfx->length;
+	buffer->head = buffer->length;
 	free (data);
 }