diff --git a/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c b/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c
index 79552c6be2..e51efbeef0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c
@@ -370,8 +370,9 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
                 mh.num_substreams > 1) {
                 avctx->channels       = 2;
                 avctx->channel_layout = AV_CH_LAYOUT_STEREO;
-            } else if (avctx->request_channel_layout == mh.channel_layout_thd_stream1 ||
-                       !mh.channels_thd_stream2) {
+            } else if (!mh.channels_thd_stream2 ||
+                       (mh.channel_layout_thd_stream1 & avctx->request_channel_layout) ==
+                       avctx->request_channel_layout) {
                 avctx->channels       = mh.channels_thd_stream1;
                 avctx->channel_layout = mh.channel_layout_thd_stream1;
             } else {
diff --git a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
index bf2507de5a..d3850b102f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
     } else
 #endif
-    if (m->avctx->request_channel_layout == s->ch_layout &&
-        m->max_decoded_substream > substr) {
+    if ((s->ch_layout & m->avctx->request_channel_layout) ==
+        m->avctx->request_channel_layout && m->max_decoded_substream > substr) {
         av_log(m->avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG,
                "Extracting %d-channel downmix (0x%"PRIx64") from substream %d. "
                "Further substreams will be skipped.\n",