diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index e4dbbc99da..dd2598b5ed 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static const AVCodecTag codec_3gp_tags[] = {
 
 static int mov_find_codec_tag(AVFormatContext *s, MOVTrack *track)
 {
-    int tag = track->enc->codec_tag;
+    int tag;
 
     if (track->mode == MODE_MP4 || track->mode == MODE_PSP)
         tag = mp4_get_codec_tag(s, track);