diff --git a/Plugins/MAD/MADDecoder.m b/Plugins/MAD/MADDecoder.m
index 1efb4c1b4..7866d3ef9 100644
--- a/Plugins/MAD/MADDecoder.m
+++ b/Plugins/MAD/MADDecoder.m
@@ -622,7 +622,8 @@
 - (int)readAudio:(void *)buffer frames:(UInt32)frames {
 	int framesRead = 0;
 
-	[self syncFormat:YES];
+	if(!_firstFrame)
+		[self syncFormat:YES];
 
 	for(;;) {
 		long framesRemaining = frames - framesRead;