diff --git a/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.cpp b/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.cpp
index 4cc4367ab9..8decb188fe 100644
--- a/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.cpp
+++ b/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ void DPlat::PlayPlatSound (const char *sound)
 	}
 }
 
+const char *DPlat::GetSoundByType () const
+{
+	return m_Type == platDownWaitUpStayStone ? "Floor" : "Platform";
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 // Move a plat up and down
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ void DPlat::Tick ()
 		{
 			m_Count = m_Wait;
 			m_Status = down;
-			PlayPlatSound ("Platform");
+			PlayPlatSound (GetSoundByType ());
 		}
 		else if (res == EMoveResult::pastdest)
 		{
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ void DPlat::Tick ()
 		{
 			m_Status = up;
 			m_Count = m_Wait;
-			PlayPlatSound ("Platform");
+			PlayPlatSound (GetSoundByType ());
 		}
 
 		//jff 1/26/98 remove the plat if it bounced so it can be tried again
@@ -206,7 +211,7 @@ void DPlat::Tick ()
 			if (m_Type == platToggle)
 				SN_StartSequence (m_Sector, CHAN_FLOOR, "Silence", 0);
 			else
-				PlayPlatSound ("Platform");
+				PlayPlatSound (GetSoundByType ());
 		}
 		break;
 
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ bool FLevelLocals::EV_DoPlat (int tag, line_t *line, DPlat::EPlatType type, doub
 
 			plat->m_High = sec->floorplane.fD();
 			plat->m_Status = DPlat::down;
-			plat->PlayPlatSound (type == DPlat::platDownWaitUpStay ? "Platform" : "Floor");
+			plat->PlayPlatSound (plat->GetSoundByType ());
 			break;
 		
 		case DPlat::platUpNearestWaitDownStay:
diff --git a/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.h b/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.h
index 947f104cfb..fd8d4e975f 100644
--- a/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.h
+++ b/src/playsim/mapthinkers/a_plats.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ protected:
 	EPlatType	m_Type;
 
 	void PlayPlatSound (const char *sound);
+	const char *GetSoundByType () const;
 	void Reactivate ();
 	void Stop ();