diff --git a/libavcodec/amrnbdec.c b/libavcodec/amrnbdec.c
index 2cb06a6ead..21966456a0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/amrnbdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/amrnbdec.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
+#include "libavutil/audioconvert.h"
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "dsputil.h"
 #include "libavutil/common.h"
@@ -154,7 +155,15 @@ static av_cold int amrnb_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     AMRContext *p = avctx->priv_data;
     int i;
 
-    avctx->sample_fmt = AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT;
+    if (avctx->channels > 1) {
+        av_log_missing_feature(avctx, "multi-channel AMR", 0);
+        return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
+    }
+
+    avctx->channels       = 1;
+    avctx->channel_layout = AV_CH_LAYOUT_MONO;
+    avctx->sample_rate    = 8000;
+    avctx->sample_fmt     = AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT;
 
     // p->excitation always points to the same position in p->excitation_buf
     p->excitation = &p->excitation_buf[PITCH_DELAY_MAX + LP_FILTER_ORDER + 1];