diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 53af601751..673ca1b1dc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-27  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
+
+	* sys/oss/gstosssrc.c: (gst_oss_src_prepare):
+	Set correct format on oss instead of a silly value. 
+
 2005-10-27  Julien MOUTTE  <julien@moutte.net>
 
 	* gst/videobox/gstvideobox.c: (gst_video_box_class_init),
diff --git a/sys/oss/gstosssrc.c b/sys/oss/gstosssrc.c
index fd9f2cc3bd..37f26938bd 100644
--- a/sys/oss/gstosssrc.c
+++ b/sys/oss/gstosssrc.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ gst_oss_src_prepare (GstAudioSrc * asrc, GstRingBufferSpec * spec)
   GstOssSrc *oss;
   struct audio_buf_info info;
   int mode;
-  int tmp;
+  int fmt, tmp;
 
   oss = GST_OSS_SRC (asrc);
 
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ gst_oss_src_prepare (GstAudioSrc * asrc, GstRingBufferSpec * spec)
   if (fcntl (oss->fd, F_SETFL, mode) == -1)
     goto non_block;
 
-  tmp = gst_oss_src_get_format (spec->format);
-  if (tmp == 0)
+  fmt = gst_oss_src_get_format (spec->format);
+  if (fmt == 0)
     goto wrong_format;
 
   tmp = ilog2 (spec->segsize);
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ gst_oss_src_prepare (GstAudioSrc * asrc, GstRingBufferSpec * spec)
 
   SET_PARAM (oss, SNDCTL_DSP_RESET, 0);
 
-  SET_PARAM (oss, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT, tmp);
+  SET_PARAM (oss, SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT, fmt);
   if (spec->channels == 2)
     SET_PARAM (oss, SNDCTL_DSP_STEREO, 1);
   SET_PARAM (oss, SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS, spec->channels);