diff --git a/libavformat/options_table.h b/libavformat/options_table.h
index d5448e503f5471e4db1587b583ccf707937d4be5..a537dda95eaca69a8874e273f4277bf1a93db932 100644
--- a/libavformat/options_table.h
+++ b/libavformat/options_table.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static const AVOption avformat_options[] = {
 {"format_whitelist", "List of demuxers that are allowed to be used", OFFSET(format_whitelist), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL },  CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, D },
 {"protocol_whitelist", "List of protocols that are allowed to be used", OFFSET(protocol_whitelist), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL },  CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, D },
 {"protocol_blacklist", "List of protocols that are not allowed to be used", OFFSET(protocol_blacklist), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL },  CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, D },
-{"max_streams", "maximum number of streams", OFFSET(max_streams), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = INT_MAX }, 0, INT_MAX, D },
+{"max_streams", "maximum number of streams", OFFSET(max_streams), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 1000 }, 0, INT_MAX, D },
 {NULL},
 };