diff --git a/src/modules/oss/module-oss.c b/src/modules/oss/module-oss.c
index 6eb025489..a88c77e4d 100644
--- a/src/modules/oss/module-oss.c
+++ b/src/modules/oss/module-oss.c
@@ -1229,10 +1229,12 @@ int pa__init(pa_module*m) {
         use_mmap = false;
     }
 
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
     if (use_mmap && mode == O_WRONLY) {
         pa_log_info("Device opened for playback only, cannot do memory mapping, falling back to UNIX write() mode.");
         use_mmap = false;
     }
+#endif
 
     if (pa_oss_get_hw_description(dev, hwdesc, sizeof(hwdesc)) >= 0)
         pa_log_info("Hardware name is '%s'.", hwdesc);