diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79373e61..89befce4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Prevent _Native Instruments' FM7_ from crashing when processing MIDI. As a
   fix, MIDI events are now deallocated later then when they normally would have
   to be.
+- Prevent _Plugsound Free_ by UVI from crashing during initialization.
 
 ## [3.1.0] - 2021-04-15
 
diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
index 1c47ca82..6376ee38 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
@@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ class HostCallbackDataConverter : DefaultDataConverter {
             case audioMasterGetProductString:
                 return WantsString{};
                 break;
+            // HACK: DefaultDataConverter::read() should be able to handle all
+            //       of these 'simple' opcodes, but Plugsound Free by UVI passes
+            //       random garbage for their data argument, which we would then
+            //       try to read as a string resulting in a memory error.
+            case audioMasterGetSampleRate:
+            case audioMasterGetBlockSize:
+            case audioMasterWantMidi:
+                return nullptr;
+                break;
             default:
                 return DefaultDataConverter::read(opcode, index, value, data);
                 break;