diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index 6246ba6173..bbc6ad7cb1 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -2015,8 +2015,12 @@ static int handle_invoke_status(URLContext *s, RTMPPacket *pkt)
 
     t = ff_amf_get_field_value(ptr, data_end, "level", tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
     if (!t && !strcmp(tmpstr, "error")) {
-        if (!ff_amf_get_field_value(ptr, data_end,
-                                    "description", tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr)))
+        t = ff_amf_get_field_value(ptr, data_end,
+                                   "description", tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
+        if (t || !tmpstr[0])
+            t = ff_amf_get_field_value(ptr, data_end, "code",
+                                       tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr));
+        if (!t)
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Server error: %s\n", tmpstr);
         return -1;
     }