diff --git a/audio/alsaaudio.c b/audio/alsaaudio.c
index eddf013a537cdfa13f4f61c0864370b931a0ed80..f37ce1ce85705388c5fd88d760cc0de4f5e98181 100644
--- a/audio/alsaaudio.c
+++ b/audio/alsaaudio.c
@@ -493,13 +493,6 @@ static int alsa_open(bool in, struct alsa_params_req *req,
         goto err;
     }
 
-    if (nchannels != 1 && nchannels != 2) {
-        alsa_logerr2 (err, typ,
-                      "Can not handle obtained number of channels %d\n",
-                      nchannels);
-        goto err;
-    }
-
     if (apdo->buffer_length) {
         int dir = 0;
         unsigned int btime = apdo->buffer_length;
diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index c00f4deddd3d63ae6461d365078a78060ead89a8..7fc3aa9d163755ce877b44a75e9229dc150f5fbf 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int audio_validate_settings (struct audsettings *as)
 {
     int invalid;
 
-    invalid = as->nchannels != 1 && as->nchannels != 2;
+    invalid = as->nchannels < 1;
     invalid |= as->endianness != 0 && as->endianness != 1;
 
     switch (as->fmt) {