diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/sound/driver/source.h b/code/nel/include/nel/sound/driver/source.h
index e3a5d552c..b43c83914 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/sound/driver/source.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/sound/driver/source.h
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void setSourceRelativeMode(bool mode = true) = 0;
 	/// Get the source relative mode
 	virtual bool getSourceRelativeMode() const = 0;
-	/// Set the min and max distances (default: 1, MAX_FLOAT) (3D mode only)
+	/// Set the min and max distances (default: 1, sqrt(MAX_FLOAT)) (3D mode only)
 	virtual void setMinMaxDistances(float mindist, float maxdist, bool deferred = true) = 0;
 	/// Get the min and max distances
 	virtual void getMinMaxDistances(float& mindist, float& maxdist) const = 0;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp
index b56276ec2..dab3123b1 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ _SoundDriver(NULL), _Buffer(NULL), _Source(AL_NONE),
 _DirectFilter(AL_FILTER_NULL), _EffectFilter(AL_FILTER_NULL), 
 _IsPlaying(false), _IsPaused(false), _StartTime(0), _IsStreaming(false), _RelativeMode(false), 
 _Pos(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), _Gain(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_GAIN), _Alpha(1.0), 
-_MinDistance(1.0f), _MaxDistance(numeric_limits<float>::max()), 
+_MinDistance(1.0f), _MaxDistance(sqrt(numeric_limits<float>::max())), 
 _Effect(NULL), _Direct(true), 
 _DirectGain(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_DIRECT_GAIN), _EffectGain(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_EFFECT_GAIN), 
 _DirectFilterType(ISource::FilterLowPass), _EffectFilterType(ISource::FilterLowPass), 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp
index e8d4bdfb9..318a65a1a 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ _DirectFilterPassGain(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_FILTER_PASS_GAIN), _EffectFilterPassGain(N
 _DirectFilterLowFrequency(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_FILTER_PASS_LF), _DirectFilterHighFrequency(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_FILTER_PASS_HF), 
 _EffectFilterLowFrequency(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_FILTER_PASS_LF), _EffectFilterHighFrequency(NLSOUND_DEFAULT_FILTER_PASS_HF), 
 _IsPlaying(false), _IsPaused(false), _IsLooping(false), _Pitch(1.0f), 
-_Gain(1.0f), _MinDistance(1.0f), _MaxDistance(numeric_limits<float>::max()),
+_Gain(1.0f), _MinDistance(1.0f), _MaxDistance(sqrt(numeric_limits<float>::max())),
 _AdpcmUtility(NULL), _Channels(0), _BitsPerSample(0), _BufferStreaming(false)
 {
 	// nlwarning(NLSOUND_XAUDIO2_PREFIX "Inititializing CSourceXAudio2");