diff --git a/libmpcodecs/dec_audio.c b/libmpcodecs/dec_audio.c
index 9bdb0732b2..03f5d532f3 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/dec_audio.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/dec_audio.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int init_audio_codec(sh_audio_t *sh_audio)
 	sh_audio->i_bps*8*0.001,((float)sh_audio->i_bps/sh_audio->o_bps)*100.0,
         sh_audio->i_bps,sh_audio->o_bps);
   mp_msg(MSGT_IDENTIFY,MSGL_INFO,"ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=%d\nID_AUDIO_RATE=%d\n"
-    "ID_AUDIO_NCH=%d\n", sh_audio->i_bps, sh_audio->samplerate,
+    "ID_AUDIO_NCH=%d\n", sh_audio->i_bps*8, sh_audio->samplerate,
     sh_audio->channels );
 
   sh_audio->a_out_buffer_size=sh_audio->a_buffer_size;