diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLAudioManager.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLAudioManager.java
index 09e44285b6..efd068c172 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLAudioManager.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLAudioManager.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public class SDLAudioManager
             if (desiredChannels > 2) {
                 desiredChannels = 2;
             }
+        }
+
+        /* AudioTrack has sample rate limitation of 48000 (fixed in 5.0.2) */
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 23) {
             if (sampleRate < 8000) {
                 sampleRate = 8000;
             } else if (sampleRate > 48000) {