diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
index 45502cad7..4e7c9acb2 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.c
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ int spa_alsa_set_format(struct state *state, struct spa_audio_info *fmt, uint32_
 			state->have_format, state->started);
 
 	state->use_mmap = !state->disable_mmap;
-	state->force_position = false;
+	state->force_rate = false;
 
 	switch (fmt->media_subtype) {
 	case SPA_MEDIA_SUBTYPE_raw:
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ int spa_alsa_set_format(struct state *state, struct spa_audio_info *fmt, uint32_
 				IEC958_AES0_CON_EMPHASIS_NONE | IEC958_AES0_NONAUDIO,
 				IEC958_AES1_CON_ORIGINAL | IEC958_AES1_CON_PCM_CODER,
 				0, aes3);
-		state->force_position = true;
+		state->force_rate = true;
 		break;
 	}
 	case SPA_MEDIA_SUBTYPE_dsd:
@@ -2818,15 +2818,19 @@ static inline int check_position_config(struct state *state, bool starting)
 	if (SPA_UNLIKELY((pos = state->position) == NULL))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (state->force_position ||
-	    (state->disable_tsched && (starting || state->started) && !state->following)) {
+	if (state->disable_tsched && (starting || state->started) && !state->following) {
 		target_duration = state->period_frames;
 		target_rate = SPA_FRACTION(1, state->rate);
 		pos->clock.target_duration = target_duration;
 		pos->clock.target_rate = target_rate;
 	} else {
 		target_duration = pos->clock.target_duration;
-		target_rate = pos->clock.target_rate;
+		if (state->force_rate && !state->following) {
+			target_rate = SPA_FRACTION(1, state->rate);
+			pos->clock.target_rate = target_rate;
+		} else {
+			target_rate = pos->clock.target_rate;
+		}
 	}
 	if (target_duration == 0 || target_rate.denom == 0)
 		return -EIO;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h
index 4b6b629b8..61ca8f642 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ struct state {
 	unsigned int auto_link:1;
 	unsigned int linked:1;
 	unsigned int is_batch:1;
-	unsigned int force_position:1;
+	unsigned int force_rate:1;
 
 	uint64_t iec958_codecs;