diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1d88d9300e..070ab4ad12 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-11-28  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
+
+	* gst/audioconvert/gstchannelmix.c:
+	(gst_audio_convert_fill_normalize):
+	  Normalize using absolute values.
+
 2004-11-28  Julien MOUTTE  <julien@moutte.net>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/gst/audioconvert/gstchannelmix.c b/gst/audioconvert/gstchannelmix.c
index 705cfad587..f78acf2d78 100644
--- a/gst/audioconvert/gstchannelmix.c
+++ b/gst/audioconvert/gstchannelmix.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ gst_audio_convert_fill_normalize (GstAudioConvert * this)
     /* calculate sum */
     sum = 0.0;
     for (i = 0; i < this->sinkcaps.channels; i++) {
-      sum += this->matrix[i][j];
+      sum += fabs (this->matrix[i][j]);
     }
     if (sum > top) {
       top = sum;