diff --git a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
index d9dc55d325..ee58cfb49a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
+++ b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ void avcodec_get_chroma_sub_sample(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt, int *h_shift, int
 }
 
 static int get_color_type(const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc) {
+    if (desc->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_PAL)
+        return FF_COLOR_RGB;
+
     if(desc->nb_components == 1 || desc->nb_components == 2)
         return FF_COLOR_GRAY;
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavf/gif b/tests/ref/lavf/gif
index 531cd1eda7..4d90abe38f 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavf/gif
+++ b/tests/ref/lavf/gif
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-e35f5ea283bbcb249818e0078ec72664 *./tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif
-2011766 ./tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif
+8aef8081e8afa445f63f320f4a1c5edb *./tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif
+2030198 ./tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif
 ./tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif CRC=0x0dc5477c