diff --git a/Kernel/Devices/Audio/AC97.cpp b/Kernel/Devices/Audio/AC97.cpp
index b730cd5a51..bcf59642d3 100644
--- a/Kernel/Devices/Audio/AC97.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Devices/Audio/AC97.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ bool AC97::handle_irq(RegisterState const&)
     bool is_completion_interrupt = (pcm_out_status & AudioStatusRegisterFlag::BufferCompletionInterruptStatus) > 0;
     bool is_fifo_error = (pcm_out_status & AudioStatusRegisterFlag::FIFOError) > 0;
 
-    VERIFY(is_completion_interrupt);
     VERIFY(!is_fifo_error);
 
+    // If there is no buffer completion, we're not going to do anything
+    if (!is_completion_interrupt)
+        return false;
+
     // On interrupt, we need to reset PCM interrupt flags by setting their bits
     pcm_out_status = AudioStatusRegisterFlag::LastValidBufferCompletionInterrupt
         | AudioStatusRegisterFlag::BufferCompletionInterruptStatus
@@ -84,7 +87,6 @@ bool AC97::handle_irq(RegisterState const&)
     } else {
         m_irq_queue.wake_all();
     }
-
     return true;
 }