From d7a4b2e8fe9722e5dfe7eca178ddf19352546850 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nadia Holmquist Pedersen <nadia@nhp.sh>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:51:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't try to change the core's audio interp setting when the
 emu instance has no core yet.

Fixes #2352
---
 src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstanceAudio.cpp | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstanceAudio.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstanceAudio.cpp
index e779f190..5e939039 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstanceAudio.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstanceAudio.cpp
@@ -492,9 +492,12 @@ void EmuInstance::audioUpdateSettings()
 {
     micClose();
 
-    int audiointerp = globalCfg.GetInt("Audio.Interpolation");
-    nds->SPU.SetInterpolation(static_cast<AudioInterpolation>(audiointerp));
-    setupMicInputData();
+    if (nds != nullptr)
+    {
+        int audiointerp = globalCfg.GetInt("Audio.Interpolation");
+        nds->SPU.SetInterpolation(static_cast<AudioInterpolation>(audiointerp));
+        setupMicInputData();
+    }
 
     micOpen();
 }