An EC motor for an electric hand tool having a stator in which a rotor is rotatably mounted, which comprises a rotor lamination stack, which has a passage opening and is formed of individual laminations, and a rotor shaft which is cast in the passage opening of the rotor lamination stack by means of a casting compound, and having a plurality of permanent magnets, which are received in the pockets formed in the rotor lamination stack. An annular channel, which is connected to the pockets in a fluid-conducting manner via radial channels, each of which is formed of a plurality of channel sections formed in adjacent laminations of the rotor lamination stack, is formed between the rotor shaft and the wall of the passage opening for supplying the casting compound from the annular channel to the pockets. A method is also provided for producing a rotor for an EC motor.