diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c
index 10f8ef964b..e6913b91cb 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.c
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ ensure_debug_category (void)
 
 typedef void (*AudioConvertFunc) (gpointer dst, const gpointer src, gint count);
 
-/**
- *                           int/int    int/float  float/int float/float
+/*                           int/int    int/float  float/int float/float
  *
  *  unpack                     S32          S32         F64       F64
  *  convert                               S32->F64
@@ -377,7 +376,8 @@ gst_audio_converter_free (GstAudioConverter * convert)
  * @flags: extra #GstAudioConverterFlags
  * @src: source samples
  * @dst: output samples
- * @samples: number of samples
+ * @in_samples: number of input samples
+ * @out_samples: number of output samples
  *
  * Perform the conversion @src to @dst using @convert.
  *
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ gst_audio_converter_free (GstAudioConverter * convert)
  */
 gboolean
 gst_audio_converter_samples (GstAudioConverter * convert,
-    GstAudioConverterFlags flags, gpointer src, gpointer dst, gint samples)
+    GstAudioConverterFlags flags, gpointer src, gpointer dst,
+    gsize in_samples, gsize * out_samples)
 {
   guint size;
   gpointer outbuf, tmpbuf, tmpbuf2;
@@ -393,18 +394,22 @@ gst_audio_converter_samples (GstAudioConverter * convert,
   g_return_val_if_fail (convert != NULL, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (src != NULL, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (dst != NULL, FALSE);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (samples >= 0, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (in_samples >= 0, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (out_samples != NULL, FALSE);
 
-  if (samples == 0)
+  if (in_samples == 0) {
+    *out_samples = 0;
     return TRUE;
+  }
 
   if (convert->passthrough) {
-    memcpy (dst, src, samples * convert->in.bpf);
+    memcpy (dst, src, in_samples * convert->in.bpf);
+    *out_samples = in_samples;
     return TRUE;
   }
 
   size =
-      sizeof (gdouble) * samples * MAX (convert->in.channels,
+      sizeof (gdouble) * in_samples * MAX (convert->in.channels,
       convert->out.channels);
 
   if (size > convert->tmpbufsize) {
@@ -425,7 +430,7 @@ gst_audio_converter_samples (GstAudioConverter * convert,
 
     convert->in.finfo->unpack_func (convert->in.finfo,
         GST_AUDIO_PACK_FLAG_TRUNCATE_RANGE, outbuf, src,
-        samples * convert->in.channels);
+        in_samples * convert->in.channels);
     src = outbuf;
   }
 
@@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ gst_audio_converter_samples (GstAudioConverter * convert,
     else
       outbuf = tmpbuf;
 
-    convert->convert_in (outbuf, src, samples * convert->in.channels);
+    convert->convert_in (outbuf, src, in_samples * convert->in.channels);
     src = outbuf;
   }
 
@@ -450,7 +455,7 @@ gst_audio_converter_samples (GstAudioConverter * convert,
     else
       outbuf = tmpbuf;
 
-    gst_audio_channel_mix_samples (convert->mix, src, outbuf, samples);
+    gst_audio_channel_mix_samples (convert->mix, src, outbuf, in_samples);
     src = outbuf;
   }
   /* step 4, optional convert F64 -> S32 for quantize */
@@ -460,7 +465,7 @@ gst_audio_converter_samples (GstAudioConverter * convert,
     else
       outbuf = tmpbuf;
 
-    convert->convert_out (outbuf, src, samples * convert->out.channels);
+    convert->convert_out (outbuf, src, in_samples * convert->out.channels);
     src = outbuf;
   }
 
@@ -471,15 +476,16 @@ gst_audio_converter_samples (GstAudioConverter * convert,
     else
       outbuf = tmpbuf;
 
-    gst_audio_quantize_samples (convert->quant, outbuf, src, samples);
+    gst_audio_quantize_samples (convert->quant, outbuf, src, in_samples);
     src = outbuf;
   }
 
   /* step 6, pack */
   if (!convert->out_default) {
     convert->out.finfo->pack_func (convert->out.finfo, 0, src, dst,
-        samples * convert->out.channels);
+        in_samples * convert->out.channels);
   }
+  *out_samples = in_samples;
 
   return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.h b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.h
index 39fb50adda..216b149036 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/audio-converter.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef struct _GstAudioConverter GstAudioConverter;
 
 
 /**
+ * GstAudioConverterFlags:
  * @GST_AUDIO_CONVERTER_FLAG_NONE: no flag
  * @GST_AUDIO_CONVERTER_FLAG_SOURCE_WRITABLE: the source is writable and can be
  *    used as temporary storage during conversion.
@@ -81,6 +82,6 @@ const GstStructure * gst_audio_converter_get_config     (GstAudioConverter * con
 gboolean             gst_audio_converter_samples        (GstAudioConverter * convert,
                                                          GstAudioConverterFlags flags,
                                                          gpointer src, gpointer dst,
-                                                         gint samples);
+                                                         gsize in_samples, gsize *out_samples);
 
 #endif /* __GST_AUDIO_CONVERTER_H__ */
diff --git a/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c b/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c
index bd60b334d8..1f5f05149d 100644
--- a/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c
+++ b/gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c
@@ -701,8 +701,7 @@ gst_audio_convert_transform (GstBaseTransform * base, GstBuffer * inbuf,
   gint insize, outsize;
   gboolean inbuf_writable;
   GstAudioConverterFlags flags;
-
-  gint samples;
+  gsize samples, out;
 
   /* get amount of samples to convert. */
   samples = gst_buffer_get_size (inbuf) / this->in_info.bpf;
@@ -737,7 +736,7 @@ gst_audio_convert_transform (GstBaseTransform * base, GstBuffer * inbuf,
 
   if (!GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (inbuf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP)) {
     if (!gst_audio_converter_samples (this->convert, flags, srcmap.data,
-            dstmap.data, samples))
+            dstmap.data, samples, &out))
       goto convert_error;
   } else {
     /* Create silence buffer */