diff --git a/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp b/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp
index a5cbf8d3300..9364b6b1dbb 100644
--- a/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp
+++ b/intern/SoundSystem/openal/SND_OpenALDevice.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ SND_OpenALDevice::SND_OpenALDevice()
 #ifdef OUDE_OPENAL
 		ALenum alc_error = ALC_NO_ERROR;	// openal_2.12
 #else
-		ALenum alc_error = alcGetError();	// openal_2.14+
+		ALenum alc_error = alcGetError(NULL);	// openal_2.14+
 #endif
 
 		// let openal generate its sources