diff --git a/libavformat/mpsubdec.c b/libavformat/mpsubdec.c
index 11b8e2ed68..6a0cefbeb6 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpsubdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpsubdec.c
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ static int mpsub_probe(AVProbeData *p)
     const char *ptr_end = p->buf + p->buf_size;
 
     while (ptr < ptr_end) {
-        int n;
-
-        if (!memcmp(ptr, "FORMAT=TIME", 11) ||
-            sscanf(ptr, "FORMAT=%d", &n) == 1)
+        if (!memcmp(ptr, "FORMAT=TIME", 11))
             return AVPROBE_SCORE_EXTENSION;
+        if (!memcmp(ptr, "FORMAT=", 7))
+            return AVPROBE_SCORE_EXTENSION / 3;
         ptr += strcspn(ptr, "\n") + 1;
     }
     return 0;