diff --git a/libs/backends/portaudio/portaudio_backend.cc b/libs/backends/portaudio/portaudio_backend.cc
index b235a98b89..e6ba728cb1 100644
--- a/libs/backends/portaudio/portaudio_backend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/portaudio/portaudio_backend.cc
@@ -617,8 +617,6 @@ PortAudioBackend::portaudio_callback(const void* input,
 		return paAbort;
 	}
 
-	process_port_connection_changes();
-
 	return paContinue;
 }
 
@@ -667,6 +665,8 @@ PortAudioBackend::process_callback(const float* input,
 		AudioEngine::thread_init_callback (this);
 	}
 
+	process_port_connection_changes();
+
 	return blocking_process_main (input, output);
 }