diff --git a/libavcodec/svq3.c b/libavcodec/svq3.c
index 5ff50da0d9..4b932ef87b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/svq3.c
+++ b/libavcodec/svq3.c
@@ -888,7 +888,8 @@ static av_cold int svq3_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     h->is_complex      = 1;
     h->sps.chroma_format_idc = 1;
     h->picture_structure = PICT_FRAME;
-    avctx->pix_fmt     = avctx->codec->pix_fmts[0];
+    avctx->pix_fmt     = AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P;
+    avctx->color_range = AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG;
 
     h->chroma_qp[0] = h->chroma_qp[1] = 4;
     h->chroma_x_shift = h->chroma_y_shift = 1;