diff --git a/src/pulsecore/protocol-esound.c b/src/pulsecore/protocol-esound.c
index be205c204..045c5c951 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/protocol-esound.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/protocol-esound.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static int esd_proto_stream_play(connection *c, esd_proto_t request, const void
 
     c->protocol->n_player++;
 
-    pa_atomic_store(&c->playback.missing, (int) pa_memblockq_missing(c->input_memblockq));
+    pa_atomic_store(&c->playback.missing, (int) pa_memblockq_pop_missing(c->input_memblockq));
 
     pa_sink_input_put(c->sink_input);
 
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/protocol-simple.c b/src/pulsecore/protocol-simple.c
index fb2e5648c..77277e134 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/protocol-simple.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/protocol-simple.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ void pa_simple_protocol_connect(pa_simple_protocol *p, pa_iochannel *io, pa_simp
 
         pa_iochannel_socket_set_rcvbuf(io, l);
 
-        pa_atomic_store(&c->playback.missing, (int) pa_memblockq_missing(c->input_memblockq));
+        pa_atomic_store(&c->playback.missing, (int) pa_memblockq_pop_missing(c->input_memblockq));
 
         pa_sink_input_put(c->sink_input);
     }