diff --git a/dlls/dsound/primary.c b/dlls/dsound/primary.c
index 3e75275cdb..4063266891 100644
--- a/dlls/dsound/primary.c
+++ b/dlls/dsound/primary.c
@@ -224,8 +224,19 @@ HRESULT DSOUND_PrimaryCreate(DirectSoundDevice *device)
 						  &(device->buflen),&(device->buffer),
 						  (LPVOID*)&(device->hwbuf));
 		if (err != DS_OK) {
-			WARN("IDsDriver_CreateSoundBuffer failed\n");
-			return err;
+			WARN("IDsDriver_CreateSoundBuffer failed, falling back to waveout\n");
+			/* Wine-only: close wine directsound driver, then reopen without WAVE_DIRECTSOUND */
+			device->drvdesc.dwFlags = DSDDESC_DOMMSYSTEMOPEN | DSDDESC_DOMMSYSTEMSETFORMAT;
+			waveOutClose(device->hwo);
+			IDsDriver_Release(device->driver);
+			device->driver = device->buffer = NULL;
+			device->hwo = 0;
+			err = mmErr(waveOutOpen(&(device->hwo), device->drvdesc.dnDevNode, device->pwfx, (DWORD_PTR)DSOUND_callback, (DWORD)device, CALLBACK_FUNCTION));
+			if (err != DS_OK)
+			{
+				WARN("Falling back to waveout failed too! Giving up\n");
+				return err;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/dlls/wineoss.drv/dsrender.c b/dlls/wineoss.drv/dsrender.c
index aa9d373cbe..27672fbdc6 100644
--- a/dlls/wineoss.drv/dsrender.c
+++ b/dlls/wineoss.drv/dsrender.c
@@ -344,9 +344,7 @@ static HRESULT DSDB_MapBuffer(IDsDriverBufferImpl *dsdb)
         dsdb->mapping = mmap(NULL, dsdb->maplen, PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
                              dsdb->fd, 0);
         if (dsdb->mapping == (LPBYTE)-1) {
-            ERR("Could not map sound device for direct access (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
-	    ERR("Please run winecfg, open \"Audio\" page and set\n"
-                "\"Hardware Acceleration\" to \"Emulation\".\n");
+            WARN("Could not map sound device for direct access (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
             return DSERR_GENERIC;
         }
         TRACE("The sound device has been mapped for direct access at %p, size=%d\n", dsdb->mapping, dsdb->maplen);