diff --git a/etc/codecs.conf b/etc/codecs.conf
index c6d5354baf..19c533298a 100644
--- a/etc/codecs.conf
+++ b/etc/codecs.conf
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ videocodec rawbgr15
 
 videocodec null
   info "NULL codec (no decoding!)"
-  status working
+  status crashing
   comment "for unknown/unsupported codecs or testing"
   driver null
   out YV12