diff --git a/src/audio/SDL_wave.c b/src/audio/SDL_wave.c
index 36a7b1248..d82b4061c 100644
--- a/src/audio/SDL_wave.c
+++ b/src/audio/SDL_wave.c
@@ -418,8 +418,9 @@ SDL_AudioSpec * SDL_LoadWAV_RW (SDL_RWops *src, int freesrc,
 
 	/* WAV magic header */
 	Uint32 RIFFchunk;
-	Uint32 wavelen;
+	Uint32 wavelen = 0;
 	Uint32 WAVEmagic;
+	Uint32 headerDiff = 0;
 
 	/* FMT chunk */
 	WaveFMT *format = NULL;
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ SDL_AudioSpec * SDL_LoadWAV_RW (SDL_RWops *src, int freesrc,
 		was_error = 1;
 		goto done;
 	}
+	headerDiff += sizeof(Uint32); // for WAVE
 
 	/* Read the audio data format chunk */
 	chunk.data = NULL;
@@ -458,6 +460,8 @@ SDL_AudioSpec * SDL_LoadWAV_RW (SDL_RWops *src, int freesrc,
 			was_error = 1;
 			goto done;
 		}
+		// 2 Uint32's for chunk header+len, plus the lenread
+		headerDiff += lenread + 2 * sizeof(Uint32);
 	} while ( (chunk.magic == FACT) || (chunk.magic == LIST) );
 
 	/* Decode the audio data format */
@@ -535,7 +539,9 @@ SDL_AudioSpec * SDL_LoadWAV_RW (SDL_RWops *src, int freesrc,
 		}
 		*audio_len = lenread;
 		*audio_buf = chunk.data;
+		if(chunk.magic != DATA) headerDiff += lenread + 2 * sizeof(Uint32);
 	} while ( chunk.magic != DATA );
+	headerDiff += 2 * sizeof(Uint32); // for the data chunk and len
 
 	if ( MS_ADPCM_encoded ) {
 		if ( MS_ADPCM_decode(audio_buf, audio_len) < 0 ) {
@@ -561,6 +567,10 @@ done:
 	if ( freesrc && src ) {
 		SDL_RWclose(src);
 	}
+	else {
+		// seek to the end of the file (given by the RIFF chunk)
+		SDL_RWseek(src, wavelen - chunk.length - headerDiff, SEEK_CUR);
+	}
 	if ( was_error ) {
 		spec = NULL;
 	}