diff --git a/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.c b/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.c
index da357ed7..3480a8e8 100644
--- a/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.c
+++ b/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.c
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ static void __context_get_sink_info_callback(pa_context* context,
     spec.rate     = GUAC_VNC_AUDIO_RATE;
     spec.channels = GUAC_VNC_AUDIO_CHANNELS;
 
-    attr.maxlength = GUAC_VNC_AUDIO_BUFFER_SIZE;
-    attr.fragsize  = attr.maxlength;
+    attr.maxlength = -1;
+    attr.fragsize  = GUAC_VNC_AUDIO_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
 
     /* Create stream */
     stream = pa_stream_new(context, "Guacamole Audio", &spec, NULL);
diff --git a/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.h b/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.h
index 5074bc45..000b778e 100644
--- a/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.h
+++ b/src/protocols/vnc/pulse.h
@@ -39,15 +39,16 @@
 #define __GUAC_VNC_PULSE_H
 
 /**
- * The number of bytes to request for the PulseAudio buffers.
+ * The number of bytes to request for the audio fragments received from
+ * PulseAudio.
  */
-#define GUAC_VNC_AUDIO_BUFFER_SIZE 10240
+#define GUAC_VNC_AUDIO_FRAGMENT_SIZE 8192
 
 /**
  * The minimum number of PCM bytes to wait for before flushing an audio
- * packet. The current value is 24K, which works out to be around 140ms.
+ * packet. The current value is 48K, which works out to be around 280ms.
  */
-#define GUAC_VNC_PCM_WRITE_RATE 24576
+#define GUAC_VNC_PCM_WRITE_RATE 49152
 
 /**
  * Rate of audio to stream, in Hz.