diff --git a/Gems/AudioSystem/Code/Source/Engine/FileCacheManager.cpp b/Gems/AudioSystem/Code/Source/Engine/FileCacheManager.cpp
index 9efbd1d881..992434ff79 100644
--- a/Gems/AudioSystem/Code/Source/Engine/FileCacheManager.cpp
+++ b/Gems/AudioSystem/Code/Source/Engine/FileCacheManager.cpp
@@ -819,6 +819,11 @@ namespace Audio
                 }
                 else
                 {
+                    if (!audioFileEntry->m_asyncStreamRequest)
+                    {
+                        audioFileEntry->m_asyncStreamRequest = streamer->CreateRequest();
+                    }
+
                     streamer->Read(
                         audioFileEntry->m_asyncStreamRequest,
                         audioFileEntry->m_filePath.c_str(),