diff --git a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
index 0f4c70dbc..9dd787cfa 100644
--- a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
+++ b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ struct global *pa_context_find_linked(pa_context *c, uint32_t idx)
 		else
 			continue;
 
-		if (f == NULL)
+		if (f == NULL ||
+		    !(f->mask & (PA_SUBSCRIPTION_MASK_SINK | PA_SUBSCRIPTION_MASK_SOURCE)))
 			continue;
 		return f;
 	}