diff --git a/libavcodec/cfhdenc.c b/libavcodec/cfhdenc.c
index f54b19b032..1412d35d3f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/cfhdenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/cfhdenc.c
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ static av_cold int cfhd_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
 
-    if (avctx->height < 4) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Height must be >= 4.\n");
+    if (avctx->height < 32) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Height must be >= 32.\n");
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }