diff --git a/changelog/3309.fixed.md b/changelog/3309.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ad2b75bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3309.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed a `RNNoiseFilter` issue that would cause a "[Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory" error when processing silence audio frames.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/audio/filters/rnnoise_filter.py b/src/pipecat/audio/filters/rnnoise_filter.py
index 1262c5a55..fc3e9b54d 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/audio/filters/rnnoise_filter.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/audio/filters/rnnoise_filter.py
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ class RNNoiseFilter(BaseAudioFilter):
         if self._sample_rate != 48000 and self._resampler_in:
             in_audio = await self._resampler_in.resample(audio, self._sample_rate, 48000)
 
+        if len(in_audio) == 0:
+            return audio
+
         # Convert bytes to numpy array (int16)
         audio_samples = np.frombuffer(in_audio, dtype=np.int16)