diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
index 9fb053651f..7ba42ca870 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/audio/DefaultAudioSink.java
@@ -765,6 +765,15 @@ public final class DefaultAudioSink implements AudioSink {
           "Invalid output channel config (mode=" + outputMode + ") for: " + inputFormat,
           inputFormat);
     }
+
+    // Replace unknown bitrate by maximum allowed bitrate for DTS Express to avoid allocating an
+    // AudioTrack buffer for the much larger maximum bitrate of the underlying DTS-HD encoding.
+    int bitrate = inputFormat.bitrate;
+    if (MimeTypes.AUDIO_DTS_EXPRESS.equals(inputFormat.sampleMimeType)
+        && bitrate == Format.NO_VALUE) {
+      bitrate = DtsUtil.DTS_EXPRESS_MAX_RATE_BITS_PER_SECOND;
+    }
+
     int bufferSize =
         specifiedBufferSize != 0
             ? specifiedBufferSize
@@ -774,7 +783,7 @@ public final class DefaultAudioSink implements AudioSink {
                 outputMode,
                 outputPcmFrameSize != C.LENGTH_UNSET ? outputPcmFrameSize : 1,
                 outputSampleRate,
-                inputFormat.bitrate,
+                bitrate,
                 enableAudioTrackPlaybackParams ? MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED : DEFAULT_PLAYBACK_SPEED);
     offloadDisabledUntilNextConfiguration = false;
     Configuration pendingConfiguration =
diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java
index faef2b9434..13f1391cae 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ public final class DtsUtil {
   /** Maximum rate for a DTS-HD audio stream, in bytes per second. */
   public static final int DTS_HD_MAX_RATE_BYTES_PER_SECOND = 18000 * 1000 / 8;
 
+  /** Maximum bit-rate for a DTS Express audio stream, in bits per second. */
+  public static final int DTS_EXPRESS_MAX_RATE_BITS_PER_SECOND = 768000;
+
   /**
    * DTS Core Syncword (in different Endianness). See ETSI TS 102 114 V1.6.1 (2019-08), Section 5.3.
    */