diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 24dc201e9fbbb185600810f1f7d11e2b49924dc2..707cde138a8284dd976c3f591baf1929276c349a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -2201,7 +2201,8 @@ static av_cold int decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx){
     h->sei_dpb_output_delay = 0;
     h->sei_cpb_removal_delay = -1;
     h->sei_buffering_period_present = 0;
-    avctx->ticks_per_frame = 2;
+    if(avctx->codec_id == CODEC_ID_H264)
+        avctx->ticks_per_frame = 2;
     return 0;
 }