diff --git a/libavfilter/vsrc_color.c b/libavfilter/vsrc_color.c
index 555ba0fbbc..7f4f4791ab 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vsrc_color.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vsrc_color.c
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ static av_cold int color_init(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *args, void *opaq
     color->class = &color_class;
 
     if (args) {
-        colon = strrchr(args, ':');
-        equal = strrchr(args, '=');
+        colon = strchr(args, ':');
+        equal = strchr(args, '=');
     }
 
     if (!args || (equal && (!colon || equal < colon))) {