diff --git a/src/mixer/simple.c b/src/mixer/simple.c
index 2164d29a..6babc608 100644
--- a/src/mixer/simple.c
+++ b/src/mixer/simple.c
@@ -872,6 +872,10 @@ static int simple_add1(snd_mixer_class_t *class, const char *name,
 	case CTL_CAPTURE_ROUTE:
 	{
 		unsigned int n;
+		if (info.type == SND_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_ENUMERATED) {
+			type = CTL_ENUMLIST;
+			break;
+		}
 		if (info.type != SND_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_BOOLEAN)
 			return 0;
 		n = sqrt((double)info.count);