diff -Naur a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c
--- a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c     2013-06-03 08:43:49.000000000 +0300
+++ b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c     2014-01-23 19:16:17.793588893 +0200
@@ -1612,7 +1612,8 @@
                          * don't support elements with more than two
                          * channels... */
                         pa_log_warn("Volume element %s has %u channels. That's too much! I can't handle that!", e->alsa_name, e->n_channels);
-                        return -1;
+                        e->n_channels = 2;
+                        /*return -1;*/
                     }
 
                     if (!e->override_map) {