diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 6817f9cca78286809c3707b52319b4753c0f9bac..6c3994f0d4ec308c49a1cff19e702db44d2387c6 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -1102,6 +1102,12 @@ static int reap_filters(void)
             case AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO:
                 avfilter_copy_buf_props(filtered_frame, picref);
                 filtered_frame->pts = frame_pts;
+                if (!(ost->st->codec->codec->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_PARAM_CHANGE) &&
+                    ost->st->codec->channels != av_frame_get_channels(filtered_frame)) {
+                    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                           "Audio filter graph output is not normalized and encoder does not support parameter changes\n");
+                    break;
+                }
                 do_audio_out(of->ctx, ost, filtered_frame);
                 break;
             default: