diff --git a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/fmod/source_fmod.cpp b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/fmod/source_fmod.cpp
index 2ae9a0ea1..4ef2f89d5 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/fmod/source_fmod.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/fmod/source_fmod.cpp
@@ -413,6 +413,13 @@ bool CSourceFMod::getSourceRelativeMode() const
 // ******************************************************************
 void CSourceFMod::setMinMaxDistances( float mindist, float maxdist, bool /* deferred */ )
 {
+	static float maxSqrt = sqrt(std::numeric_limits<float>::max());
+	if (maxdist >= maxSqrt)
+	{
+		nlwarning("SOUND_DEV (FMod): Ridiculously high max distance set on source");
+		maxdist = maxSqrt;
+	}
+	
 	_MinDist= mindist;
 	_MaxDist= maxdist;
 	if(_FModChannel!=-1)
diff --git a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp
index fe2dcb086..c207f0d31 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/openal/source_al.cpp
@@ -500,6 +500,14 @@ bool CSourceAL::getSourceRelativeMode() const
 void CSourceAL::setMinMaxDistances( float mindist, float maxdist, bool /* deferred */)
 {
 	nlassert( (mindist >= 0.0f) && (maxdist >= 0.0f) );
+
+	static float maxSqrt = sqrt(std::numeric_limits<float>::max());
+	if (maxdist >= maxSqrt)
+	{
+		nlwarning("SOUND_DEV (OpenAL): Ridiculously high max distance set on source");
+		maxdist = maxSqrt;
+	}
+
 	_MinDistance = mindist;
 	_MaxDistance = maxdist;
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp
index 9c34beaf8..df8101b40 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/sound/driver/xaudio2/source_xaudio2.cpp
@@ -793,7 +793,14 @@ bool CSourceXAudio2::getSourceRelativeMode() const
 void CSourceXAudio2::setMinMaxDistances(float mindist, float maxdist, bool /* deferred */)
 {
 	// nldebug(NLSOUND_XAUDIO2_PREFIX "setMinMaxDistances %f, %f", mindist, maxdist);
-
+	
+	static float maxSqrt = sqrt(std::numeric_limits<float>::max());
+	if (maxdist >= maxSqrt)
+	{
+		nlwarning("SOUND_DEV (XAudio2): Ridiculously high max distance set on source");
+		maxdist = maxSqrt;
+	}
+	
 	_Emitter.InnerRadius = mindist;
 	_MinDistance = mindist;
 	_MaxDistance = maxdist;