diff --git a/libavcodec/vc1_mc.c b/libavcodec/vc1_mc.c
index 09e8facfea0a2bb49c1c9373aa9bba75b0daf853..17800cb4578babd85416dc33a8f90bf874517ae7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vc1_mc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vc1_mc.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ void ff_vc1_mc_4mv_chroma(VC1Context *v, int dir)
     /* calculate chroma MV vector from four luma MVs */
     if (!v->field_mode || (v->field_mode && !v->numref)) {
         valid_count = get_chroma_mv(mvx, mvy, intra, 0, &tx, &ty);
-        chroma_ref_type = v->reffield;
+        chroma_ref_type = v->ref_field_type[dir];
         if (!valid_count) {
             s->current_picture.motion_val[1][s->block_index[0] + v->blocks_off][0] = 0;
             s->current_picture.motion_val[1][s->block_index[0] + v->blocks_off][1] = 0;