diff --git a/libavformat/flic.c b/libavformat/flic.c
index 8d49116acf..2835cf557b 100644
--- a/libavformat/flic.c
+++ b/libavformat/flic.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int flic_probe(AVProbeData *p)
         return 0;
 
 
-    return AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX;
+    return AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX - 1;
 }
 
 static int flic_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)