diff -r -u pulseaudio-3.99.1.orig/src/modules/macosx/module-coreaudio-device.c pulseaudio-3.99.1.patched/src/modules/macosx/module-coreaudio-device.c
--- pulseaudio-3.99.1.orig/src/modules/macosx/module-coreaudio-device.c	2012-11-19 10:32:25.000000000 +0100
+++ pulseaudio-3.99.1.patched/src/modules/macosx/module-coreaudio-device.c	2013-05-23 11:09:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
     struct userdata *u;
     pa_sample_spec *ss;
     bool is_source;
-    UInt32 v, total = 0;
+    UInt32 v = 0, total = 0;
     UInt32 err, size = sizeof(v);
     AudioObjectPropertyAddress property_address;
     AudioObjectID stream_id;
@@ -205,26 +205,35 @@
 
     pa_assert(u);
 
-    property_address.mScope = kAudioObjectPropertyScopeGlobal;
+    property_address.mScope = is_source ? kAudioDevicePropertyScopeInput : kAudioDevicePropertyScopeOutput;
     property_address.mElement = kAudioObjectPropertyElementMaster;
 
     /* get the device latency */
     property_address.mSelector = kAudioDevicePropertyLatency;
-    size = sizeof(total);
-    AudioObjectGetPropertyData(u->object_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &total);
-    total += v;
+    size = sizeof(v);
+    err = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(u->object_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &v);
+    if (!err)
+        total += v;
+    else
+        pa_log_warn("Failed to get device latency: %i", err);
 
     /* the IOProc buffer size */
     property_address.mSelector = kAudioDevicePropertyBufferFrameSize;
     size = sizeof(v);
-    AudioObjectGetPropertyData(u->object_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &v);
-    total += v;
+    err = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(u->object_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &v);
+    if (!err) 
+        total += v;
+    else
+        pa_log_warn("Failed to get buffer frame size: %i", err);
 
     /* IOProc safety offset - this value is the same for both directions, hence we divide it by 2 */
     property_address.mSelector = kAudioDevicePropertySafetyOffset;
     size = sizeof(v);
-    AudioObjectGetPropertyData(u->object_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &v);
-    total += v / 2;
+    err = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(u->object_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &v);
+    if (!err)
+        total += v / 2;
+    else
+        pa_log_warn("Failed to get safety offset: %i", err);
 
     /* get the stream latency.
      * FIXME: this assumes the stream latency is the same for all streams */
@@ -233,11 +242,15 @@
     err = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(u->object_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &stream_id);
     if (!err) {
         property_address.mSelector = kAudioStreamPropertyLatency;
+        property_address.mScope    = kAudioObjectPropertyScopeGlobal;
         size = sizeof(v);
         err = AudioObjectGetPropertyData(stream_id, &property_address, 0, NULL, &size, &v);
         if (!err)
             total += v;
-    }
+        else
+            pa_log_warn("Failed to get stream latency: %i", err);
+    } else
+	pa_log_warn("Failed to get streams: %i", err);
 
     return pa_bytes_to_usec(total * pa_frame_size(ss), ss);
 }