diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5af8d98ef5..0f680fce29 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-12-07  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	Patch by: Brian Cameron <brian.cameron at sun dot com>
+
+	* sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiomixerctrl.c:
+	(gst_sunaudiomixer_ctrl_open):
+	Set the mixer fd before calling ioctl() on it. Fixes bug #563414.
+
 2008-12-07  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	Patch by: Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino at gmail dot com>
diff --git a/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiomixerctrl.c b/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiomixerctrl.c
index 15fe114729..589782025b 100644
--- a/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiomixerctrl.c
+++ b/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiomixerctrl.c
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ gst_sunaudiomixer_ctrl_open (GstSunAudioMixerCtrl * mixer)
 
     return FALSE;
   }
+  mixer->mixer_fd = fd;
+
   /* Try to set the multiple open flag if we can, but ignore errors */
   ioctl (mixer->mixer_fd, AUDIO_MIXER_MULTIPLE_OPEN);
 
-  mixer->mixer_fd = fd;
   return TRUE;
 }