diff --git a/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c b/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c
index ad27e16150c071403a903245d8c5e3bac2bd5136..5f432a97cd48269abfb24a95696dfe1d51ec9f2a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c
+++ b/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c
@@ -1148,11 +1148,13 @@ static av_cold int encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
     if (ctx->profile == PRORES_PROFILE_AUTO) {
-        ctx->profile = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(avctx->pix_fmt)->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA
+        const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(avctx->pix_fmt);
+        ctx->profile = (desc->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA ||
+                        !(desc->log2_chroma_w + desc->log2_chroma_h))
                      ? PRORES_PROFILE_4444 : PRORES_PROFILE_HQ;
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "Autoselected %s. It can be overridden "
                "through -profile option.\n", ctx->profile == PRORES_PROFILE_4444
-               ? "4:4:4:4 profile because of the alpha channel"
+               ? "4:4:4:4 profile because of the used input colorspace"
                : "HQ profile to keep best quality");
     }
     if (av_pix_fmt_desc_get(avctx->pix_fmt)->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA) {