diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index 0fe1533365..32f5e49f0c 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static const EbmlSyntax matroska_mastering_meta[] = {
 
 static const EbmlSyntax matroska_track_video_color[] = {
     { MATROSKA_ID_VIDEOCOLORMATRIXCOEFF,      EBML_UINT, 0, offsetof(MatroskaTrackVideoColor, matrix_coefficients), { .u = AVCOL_SPC_UNSPECIFIED } },
-    { MATROSKA_ID_VIDEOCOLORBITSPERCHANNEL,   EBML_UINT, 0, offsetof(MatroskaTrackVideoColor, bits_per_channel), { .u=8 } },
+    { MATROSKA_ID_VIDEOCOLORBITSPERCHANNEL,   EBML_UINT, 0, offsetof(MatroskaTrackVideoColor, bits_per_channel), { .u=0 } },
     { MATROSKA_ID_VIDEOCOLORCHROMASUBHORZ,    EBML_UINT, 0, offsetof(MatroskaTrackVideoColor, chroma_sub_horz), { .u=0 } },
     { MATROSKA_ID_VIDEOCOLORCHROMASUBVERT,    EBML_UINT, 0, offsetof(MatroskaTrackVideoColor, chroma_sub_vert), { .u=0 } },
     { MATROSKA_ID_VIDEOCOLORCBSUBHORZ,        EBML_UINT, 0, offsetof(MatroskaTrackVideoColor, cb_sub_horz), { .u=0 } },