diff --git a/src/audio.c b/src/audio.c
index 4c65621..d2883fb 100644
--- a/src/audio.c
+++ b/src/audio.c
@@ -192,22 +192,19 @@ static void audio_sample_and_mixin_channel(struct audio_channel *channel,
 
             /* panning and mixing */
 
+            const float left_panning = fminf(fabsf(channel->args.panning - 1.0f), 1.0f);
+            const float right_panning = fminf(fabsf(channel->args.panning + 1.0f), 1.0f);
+
 #if AUDIO_N_CHANNELS == 2
 
             for (int s = 0; s < samples_per_channel * ctx.audio_stream_channel_count; s += 2) {
                 /* left channel */
-                {
-                    const float panning = fminf(fabsf(channel->args.panning - 1.0f), 1.0f);
-                    const float volume = channel->args.volume * panning;
-                    sstream[i + s] += (int16_t)(((int16_t *)buffer)[s] * volume);
-                }
+                sstream[i + s] += (int16_t)(((int16_t *)buffer)[s] *
+                    channel->args.volume * left_panning);
 
                 /* right channel */
-                {
-                    const float panning = fminf(fabsf(channel->args.panning + 1.0f), 1.0f);
-                    const float volume = channel->args.volume * panning;
-                    sstream[i + s + 1] += (int16_t)(((int16_t *)buffer)[s + 1] * volume);
-                }
+                sstream[i + s + 1] += (int16_t)(((int16_t *)buffer)[s + 1] *
+                    channel->args.volume * right_panning);
             }
 #else
 #error "Unimplemented channel count"