diff --git a/libavformat/pcmdec.c b/libavformat/pcmdec.c
index 51b1098430..11ba0b5c0c 100644
--- a/libavformat/pcmdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/pcmdec.c
@@ -180,7 +180,12 @@ PCMDEF(vidc,  "PCM Archimedes VIDC",                            NULL,  VIDC)
 #if CONFIG_SLN_DEMUXER
 static const AVOption sln_options[] = {
     { "sample_rate", "", offsetof(PCMAudioDemuxerContext, sample_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 8000}, 0, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
-    { "channels",    "", offsetof(PCMAudioDemuxerContext, channels),    AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, 0, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
+#if FF_API_OLD_CHANNEL_LAYOUT
+    { "channels",    "", offsetof(PCMAudioDemuxerContext, channels),    AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, 0, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_DEPRECATED },
+    { "ch_layout",   "", offsetof(PCMAudioDemuxerContext, ch_layout),   AV_OPT_TYPE_CHLAYOUT, {.str = NULL}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
+#else
+    { "ch_layout",   "", offsetof(PCMAudioDemuxerContext, ch_layout),   AV_OPT_TYPE_CHLAYOUT, {.str = "mono"}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
+#endif
     { NULL },
 };