diff --git a/libavcodec/g726.c b/libavcodec/g726.c
index 2a0148c1d5..082f9b07ad 100644
--- a/libavcodec/g726.c
+++ b/libavcodec/g726.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static av_cold int g726_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
 
-    if(avctx->channels != 1){
+    if (avctx->ch_layout.nb_channels != 1) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Only mono is supported\n");
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
@@ -436,12 +436,12 @@ static av_cold int g726_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     G726Context* c = avctx->priv_data;
 
-    if(avctx->channels > 1){
+    if (avctx->ch_layout.nb_channels > 1){
         avpriv_request_sample(avctx, "Decoding more than one channel");
         return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
     }
-    avctx->channels       = 1;
-    avctx->channel_layout = AV_CH_LAYOUT_MONO;
+    av_channel_layout_uninit(&avctx->ch_layout);
+    avctx->ch_layout      = (AVChannelLayout)AV_CHANNEL_LAYOUT_MONO;
 
     c->little_endian = !strcmp(avctx->codec->name, "g726le");