diff --git a/libarmbox/audio.cpp b/libarmbox/audio.cpp
index 36498e4..467f7ef 100644
--- a/libarmbox/audio.cpp
+++ b/libarmbox/audio.cpp
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ int cAudio::PrepareClipPlay(int ch, int srate, int bits, int little_endian)
 	if ((!dsp_dev) || (access(dsp_dev, W_OK))) {
 		if (dsp_dev)
 			lt_info("%s: DSP_DEVICE is set (%s) but cannot be opened,"
-					" fall back to /dev/dsp1\n", __func__, dsp_dev);
-		dsp_dev = "/dev/dsp1";
+					" fall back to /dev/dsp\n", __func__, dsp_dev);
+		dsp_dev = "/dev/dsp";
 	}
 	lt_info("%s: dsp_dev %s mix_dev %s\n", __func__, dsp_dev, mix_dev); /* NULL mix_dev is ok */
 	/* the tdoss dsp driver seems to work only on the second open(). really. */