diff --git a/libavcodec/rpza.c b/libavcodec/rpza.c
index 317c240b9b..6b1510a4bf 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rpza.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rpza.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void rpza_decode_stream(RpzaContext *s)
 
     /* First byte is always 0xe1. Warn if it's different */
     if (s->buf[stream_ptr] != 0xe1)
-        av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "First chunk byte is 0x%02x instead of 0x1e\n",
+        av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "First chunk byte is 0x%02x instead of 0xe1\n",
             s->buf[stream_ptr]);
 
     /* Get chunk size, ingnoring first byte */