diff --git a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefsound.cpp b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefsound.cpp
index bc4e66640af..b1d6e75e748 100644
--- a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefsound.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefsound.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ DlgPrefSound::DlgPrefSound(QWidget* pParent,
             &DlgPrefSound::apiChanged);
 
     sampleRateComboBox->clear();
-    for (const auto& sampleRate : m_pSoundManager->getSampleRates()) {
+    const auto sampleRates = m_pSoundManager->getSampleRates();
+    for (const auto& sampleRate : sampleRates) {
         if (sampleRate.isValid()) {
             // no ridiculous sample rate values. prohibiting zero means
             // avoiding a potential div-by-0 error in ::updateLatencies