diff --git a/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp b/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
index 7fff1ba28f..1b391ed83f 100644
--- a/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/OTRGlobals.cpp
@@ -841,6 +841,10 @@ void OTRGlobals::Initialize() {
                          // jitter and slow-frame spikes without perceptible audio latency.
                          .DesiredBuffered = 4096 });
 
+    // The menu is set up before audio is initialized, so its list of available audio backends has to be
+    // populated here rather than in Menu::InitElement (where the window backends are handled).
+    SohGui::GetSohMenu()->UpdateAudioBackendObjects();
+
     SPDLOG_INFO("Starting Ship of Harkinian version {} (Branch: {} | Commit: {})", (char*)gBuildVersion,
                 (char*)gGitBranch, (char*)gGitCommitHash);
 
diff --git a/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.cpp b/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.cpp
index f637ecb10d..c41bfe74a4 100644
--- a/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ void Menu::RemoveSidebarSearch() {
     CVarSetString(menuEntries["Settings"].sidebarCvar, menuEntries["Settings"].sidebarOrder.at(curIndex).c_str());
 }
 
+void Menu::UpdateAudioBackendObjects() {
+    availableAudioBackends = Ship::Context::GetRawInstance()->GetAudio()->GetAvailableAudioBackends();
+    for (auto& backend : *availableAudioBackends) {
+        availableAudioBackendsMap[backend] = audioBackendsMap.at(backend);
+    }
+}
+
 void Menu::UpdateWindowBackendObjects() {
     Fast::WindowBackend runningWindowBackend =
         (Fast::WindowBackend)Ship::Context::GetRawInstance()->GetWindow()->GetWindowBackend();
@@ -341,10 +348,9 @@ void Menu::MenuDrawItem(WidgetInfo& widget, uint32_t width, UIWidgets::Colors me
                 UIWidgets::ComboboxOptions options = {};
                 options.color = menuThemeIndex;
                 options.tooltip = "Sets the audio API used by the game. Requires a relaunch to take effect.";
-                options.disabled =
-                    Ship::Context::GetRawInstance()->GetAudio()->GetAvailableAudioBackends()->size() <= 1;
+                options.disabled = availableAudioBackends->size() <= 1;
                 options.disabledTooltip = "Only one audio API is available on this platform.";
-                if (UIWidgets::Combobox("Audio API", &currentAudioBackend, audioBackendsMap, options)) {
+                if (UIWidgets::Combobox("Audio API", &currentAudioBackend, availableAudioBackendsMap, options)) {
                     Ship::Context::GetRawInstance()->GetAudio()->SetCurrentAudioBackend(currentAudioBackend);
                 }
             } break;
diff --git a/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.h b/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.h
index e8c3c0c274..7fcbab7a93 100644
--- a/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.h
+++ b/soh/soh/SohGui/Menu.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Menu : public GuiWindow {
     void Draw() override;
     void InsertSidebarSearch();
     void RemoveSidebarSearch();
+    void UpdateAudioBackendObjects();
     void UpdateWindowBackendObjects();
     bool IsMenuPopped();
     UIWidgets::Colors GetMenuThemeColor();
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ class Menu : public GuiWindow {
     std::shared_ptr<std::vector<int32_t>> availableWindowBackends;
     std::map<Fast::WindowBackend, const char*> availableWindowBackendsMap;
     Fast::WindowBackend configWindowBackend;
+    std::shared_ptr<std::vector<Ship::AudioBackend>> availableAudioBackends;
+    std::map<Ship::AudioBackend, const char*> availableAudioBackendsMap;
 
     std::unordered_map<uint32_t, disabledInfo> disabledMap;
     std::vector<disabledInfo> disabledVector;