diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp b/modules/highgui/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
index 3ae00d54e..192ccc72a 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ bool CvCapture_FFMPEG::open( const char* _filename )
 
         avcodec_thread_init(enc, count_threads);
 
-        #ifndef AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
+        #if AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
             #define AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO
         #endif