diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputbase.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputbase.cpp
index de8481780b1..8bd5bc4528a 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputbase.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmyth/audio/audiooutputbase.cpp
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ int AudioOutputBase::CopyWithUpmix(char *buffer, int frames, uint &org_waud)
     int bpf   = bytes_per_frame;
     int off   = 0;
 
-    if (!needs_upmix || !upmixer)
+    if (!needs_upmix)
     {
         int num  = len;