diff --git a/libavformat/riff.c b/libavformat/riff.c
index 306dc3b47a..ca81b4837a 100644
--- a/libavformat/riff.c
+++ b/libavformat/riff.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const AVCodecTag ff_codec_bmp_tags[] = {
     { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO,   MKTAG('M', 'P', 'E', 'G') },
     { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO,   MKTAG('P', 'I', 'M', '1') },
     { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO,   MKTAG('P', 'I', 'M', '2') },
-    { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO,   MKTAG('V', 'C', 'R', '2') },
+    { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO,   MKTAG('V', 'C', 'R', '2') },
     { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO,   MKTAG( 1 ,  0 ,  0 ,  16) },
     { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO,   MKTAG( 2 ,  0 ,  0 ,  16) },
     { AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG4,        MKTAG( 4 ,  0 ,  0 ,  16) },