diff --git a/libavformat/mpegenc.c b/libavformat/mpegenc.c
index 1ba7647e80..88590b305b 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegenc.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static int mpeg_mux_end(AVFormatContext *ctx)
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(MpegMuxContext, x)
 #define E AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 static const AVOption options[] = {
-    { "muxrate", NULL,                                          OFFSET(mux_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 =      0 }, 0, INT_MAX, E },
+    { "muxrate", NULL,                                          OFFSET(mux_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 =      0 }, 0, (1 << 22) - 1, E },
     { "preload", "Initial demux-decode delay in microseconds.", OFFSET(preload),  AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 500000 }, 0, INT_MAX, E },
     { NULL },
 };