diff --git a/src/codecs/load_voc.c b/src/codecs/load_voc.c
index cafc0c9b..4067abc9 100644
--- a/src/codecs/load_voc.c
+++ b/src/codecs/load_voc.c
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ static int voc_get_block(SDL_RWops *src, vs_t *v, SDL_AudioSpec *spec)
                 if (SDL_RWread(src, &uc, sizeof (uc), 1) != 1)
                     return 0;
 
-                if (uc)
-                    spec->channels = 2;  /* Stereo */
+                spec->channels = uc ? 2 /* Stereo */: 1; /* Mono */
+
                 /* Needed number of channels before finishing
                    compute for rate */
                 spec->freq = (256000000L/(65536L - v->rate))/spec->channels;