diff --git a/libs/ardour/internal_send.cc b/libs/ardour/internal_send.cc
index d98203b818..3dbc27f45a 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/internal_send.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/internal_send.cc
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ InternalSend::run (BufferSet& bufs, framepos_t start_frame, framepos_t end_frame
 	}
 	
 	if (panner && !panner->bypassed()) {
-		mixbufs.set_count (bufs.count ());
+		mixbufs.set_count (_send_to->n_outputs ());
 		_panshell->run (bufs, mixbufs, start_frame, end_frame, nframes);
 	} else {
 		mixbufs.read_from (bufs, nframes);