diff --git a/apps/app_meetme.c b/apps/app_meetme.c
index 341014cea1ca82ecb6d050496a79e9ab0c3ee09a..b2131ff7e8c70869459364b0273b65f2ab9560a2 100644
--- a/apps/app_meetme.c
+++ b/apps/app_meetme.c
@@ -5774,6 +5774,9 @@ static void meetme_set_defaults(void)
 
 	/*  Logging of participants defaults to ON for compatibility reasons */
 	rt_log_members = 1;
+
+	/* Set default number of buffers to be allocated. */
+	audio_buffers = DEFAULT_AUDIO_BUFFERS;
 }
 
 static void load_config_meetme(int reload)