diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index f2566c950e..6552efe133 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -1723,8 +1723,12 @@ static int matroska_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         } else if (!strcmp(track->codec_id, "V_QUICKTIME")
                    && (track->codec_priv.size >= 86)
                    && (track->codec_priv.data != NULL)) {
-            fourcc = AV_RL32(track->codec_priv.data);
+            fourcc = AV_RL32(track->codec_priv.data + 4);
             codec_id = ff_codec_get_id(ff_codec_movvideo_tags, fourcc);
+            if (ff_codec_get_id(ff_codec_movvideo_tags, AV_RL32(track->codec_priv.data))) {
+                fourcc = AV_RL32(track->codec_priv.data);
+                codec_id = ff_codec_get_id(ff_codec_movvideo_tags, fourcc);
+            }
         } else if (codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE) {
             switch (track->audio.bitdepth) {
             case  8:  codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_U8;     break;