diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index ca1a0b7..1d575b3 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -2108,8 +2108,8 @@
         audio_is_linear_pcm(config->format) &&
         audio_is_linear_pcm(halconfig.format) &&
         (halconfig.sample_rate <= AUDIO_RESAMPLER_DOWN_RATIO_MAX * config->sample_rate) &&
-        (audio_channel_count_from_in_mask(halconfig.channel_mask) <= FCC_2) &&
-        (audio_channel_count_from_in_mask(config->channel_mask) <= FCC_2)) {
+        (audio_channel_count_from_in_mask(halconfig.channel_mask) <= FCC_8) &&
+        (audio_channel_count_from_in_mask(config->channel_mask) <= FCC_8)) {
         // FIXME describe the change proposed by HAL (save old values so we can log them here)
         ALOGV("openInput_l() reopening with proposed sampling rate and channel mask");
         inStream = NULL;