diff --git a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/collect.c b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/collect.c
index d24608b98..71fa98f10 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/collect.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/collect.c
@@ -287,11 +287,17 @@ static void collect_device_info(struct pw_manager_object *device, struct pw_mana
 		switch (p->id) {
 		case SPA_PARAM_EnumFormat:
 		{
-			struct spa_pod *copy = spa_pod_copy(p->param);
-			spa_pod_fixate(copy);
-			format_parse_param(copy, true, &dev_info->ss, &dev_info->map,
+			struct spa_pod *to_free = NULL, *c = p->param;
+			if (!spa_pod_is_fixated(c)) {
+				to_free = spa_pod_copy(c);
+				if (to_free == NULL)
+					break;
+				spa_pod_fixate(to_free);
+				c = to_free;
+			}
+			format_parse_param(c, true, &dev_info->ss, &dev_info->map,
 					&defs->sample_spec, &defs->channel_map);
-			free(copy);
+			free(to_free);
 			break;
 		}
 		case SPA_PARAM_Format:
diff --git a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/pending-sample.c b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/pending-sample.c
index 98adce575..a50960b99 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/pending-sample.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-protocol-pulse/pending-sample.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static void sample_play_ready_reply(void *data, struct client *client, uint32_t
 			message_put(reply,
 				TAG_U32, index,
 				TAG_INVALID);
-
 		client_queue_message(client, reply);
 		ps->replied = true;
 	}