diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.cpp
index 945721a099..8ad34120a2 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.cpp
@@ -35,11 +35,32 @@ void PulseThread::Open(const void* src, int size)
 {
 	pa_sample_spec ss;
 	ss.format = g_cfg.audio.convert_to_u16 ? PA_SAMPLE_S16LE : PA_SAMPLE_FLOAT32LE;
-	ss.channels = g_cfg.audio.downmix_to_2ch ? 2 : 8;
 	ss.rate = 48000;
 
+	pa_channel_map channel_map;
+
+	if (g_cfg.audio.downmix_to_2ch)
+	{
+		channel_map.channels =  2;
+		channel_map.map[0] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_FRONT_LEFT;
+		channel_map.map[1] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_FRONT_RIGHT;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		channel_map.channels =  8;
+		channel_map.map[0] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_FRONT_LEFT;
+		channel_map.map[1] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_FRONT_RIGHT;
+		channel_map.map[2] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_FRONT_CENTER;
+		channel_map.map[3] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_LFE;
+		channel_map.map[4] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_REAR_LEFT;
+		channel_map.map[5] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_REAR_RIGHT;
+		channel_map.map[6] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_SIDE_LEFT;
+		channel_map.map[7] = PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_SIDE_RIGHT;
+	}
+	ss.channels = channel_map.channels;
+
 	int err;
-	this->connection = pa_simple_new(NULL, "RPCS3", PA_STREAM_PLAYBACK, NULL, "Game", &ss, NULL, NULL, &err);
+	this->connection = pa_simple_new(NULL, "RPCS3", PA_STREAM_PLAYBACK, NULL, "Game", &ss, &channel_map, NULL, &err);
 	if(!this->connection) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "PulseAudio: Failed to initialize audio: %s\n", pa_strerror(err));
 	}