diff --git a/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/src/audio_fx.cpp b/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/src/audio_fx.cpp
index f42ccc0a834..edafd5264ee 100644
--- a/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/src/audio_fx.cpp
+++ b/plugins/LadspaEffect/calf/src/audio_fx.cpp
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ void lookahead_limiter::process(float &left, float &right, float * multi_buffer)
                 _peak = fabs(buffer[nextpos[j]]) > fabs(buffer[nextpos[j] + 1]) ? fabs(buffer[nextpos[j]]) : fabs(buffer[nextpos[j] + 1]);
                 // calc a delta to use to reach our incoming peak from the
                 // stored position
+                _peak = fmaxf( 0.0000001, _peak );
                 _delta = (_limit / peak - (limit * _multi_coeff * weight) / _peak) / (((buffer_size - nextpos[j] + pos) % buffer_size) / channels);
                 if(_delta < nextdelta[j]) {
                     // if the buffered delta is more important than the delta