diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 9c607d730787992aea741887a1b86c485ba9f0d6..0a79fe7eb7617b74aa3f1200ee326d1d360db1e2 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static int set_codec_from_probe_data(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, AVProbeDa
     int score;
     AVInputFormat *fmt = av_probe_input_format3(pd, 1, &score);
 
-    if (fmt) {
+    if (fmt && st->request_probe <= score) {
         int i;
         av_log(s, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Probe with size=%d, packets=%d detected %s with score=%d\n",
                pd->buf_size, MAX_PROBE_PACKETS - st->probe_packets, fmt->name, score);