diff --git a/doc/examples/remuxing.c b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
index cdb2f6b329..39d9dee862 100644
--- a/doc/examples/remuxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             fprintf(stderr, "Failed to copy context from input to output stream codec context\n");
             goto end;
         }
+        out_stream->codec->codec_tag = 0;
         if (ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER)
             out_stream->codec->flags |= CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
     }