diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
index 450b6e0ad9..82674e5141 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ void AudioMixer::run() {
             }
         }
         
+        if (!hasRatioChanged) {
+            ++framesSinceCutoffEvent;
+        }
+        
         foreach (const SharedNodePointer& node, nodeList->getNodeHash()) {
             if (node->getType() == NodeType::Agent && node->getActiveSocket() && node->getLinkedData()
                 && ((AudioMixerClientData*) node->getLinkedData())->getAvatarAudioRingBuffer()) {
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
index 54f1943930..f0a2b68050 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ void AvatarMixer::run() {
             }
         }
         
+        if (!hasRatioChanged) {
+            ++framesSinceCutoffEvent;
+        }
+        
         broadcastAvatarData();
         
         QCoreApplication::processEvents();