diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index aa4a076b30..0382309b51 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -1837,8 +1837,7 @@ static int mov_write_video_tag(AVIOContext *pb, MOVMuxContext *mov, MOVTrack *tr
             av_log(mov->fc, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Not writing 'colr' atom. Format is not MOV or MP4.\n");
     }
 
-    if (track->par->sample_aspect_ratio.den && track->par->sample_aspect_ratio.num &&
-        track->par->sample_aspect_ratio.den != track->par->sample_aspect_ratio.num) {
+    if (track->par->sample_aspect_ratio.den && track->par->sample_aspect_ratio.num) {
         mov_write_pasp_tag(pb, track);
     }