diff --git a/libavformat/mp3.c b/libavformat/mp3.c
index 0e39d25ba7..723980c839 100644
--- a/libavformat/mp3.c
+++ b/libavformat/mp3.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int mp3_read_probe(AVProbeData *p)
         return 0;
 
     if(id3_match(p->buf))
-        return AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX;
+        return AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX/2+1; // this must be less then mpeg-ps because some retards put id3 tage before mpeg-ps files
 
     max_frames = 0;
     buf = p->buf;