diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c b/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c
index 43ec55daf2..51c8ef1305 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c
@@ -2481,6 +2481,7 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext * avctx,
                     avctx->sample_rate = s->sample_rate;
                     avctx->channels = s->nb_channels;
                     avctx->bit_rate = s->bit_rate;
+                    avctx->sub_id = s->layer;
                     switch(s->layer) {
                     case 1:
                         avctx->frame_size = 384;
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 33ff0f4153..c2705889ba 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -470,6 +470,12 @@ void avcodec_string(char *buf, int buf_size, AVCodecContext *enc, int encode)
 
     if (p) {
         codec_name = p->name;
+        if (!encode && enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_MP3) {
+            if (enc->sub_id == 2)
+                codec_name = "mp2";
+            else if (enc->sub_id == 1)
+                codec_name = "mp1";
+        }
     } else if (enc->codec_name[0] != '\0') {
         codec_name = enc->codec_name;
     } else {