diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a78b30fa0..fb4591849 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ver 0.23.6 (not yet released)
 * decoder
   - opus: fix "readpicture" on Opus files
+* output
+  - pipewire: fix crash bug if setting volume before playback starts
 
 ver 0.23.5 (2021/12/01)
 * protocol
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
index 02f66cddb..bf5155a5b 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ PipeWireOutput::Enable()
 		throw MakeErrno("pw_thread_loop_new() failed");
 
 	pw_thread_loop_start(thread_loop);
+
+	stream = nullptr;
 }
 
 void