diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index 0817aafb5b..fd931c2d8e 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ static int process_line(URLContext *h, char *line, int line_count)
             }
         } else if (!av_strcasecmp(tag, "Content-Type")) {
             av_free(s->mime_type);
-            s->mime_type = av_strdup(p);
+            s->mime_type = av_get_token((const char **)&p, ";");
         } else if (!av_strcasecmp(tag, "Set-Cookie")) {
             if (parse_cookie(s, p, &s->cookie_dict))
                 av_log(h, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Unable to parse '%s'\n", p);