diff --git a/libavcodec/av1dec.c b/libavcodec/av1dec.c
index 81f65ff2fb..8310cd052b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/av1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/av1dec.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int set_context_with_sequence(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     avctx->color_range =
         seq->color_config.color_range ? AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG : AVCOL_RANGE_MPEG;
     avctx->color_primaries = seq->color_config.color_primaries;
-    avctx->colorspace = seq->color_config.color_primaries;
+    avctx->colorspace = seq->color_config.matrix_coefficients;
     avctx->color_trc = seq->color_config.transfer_characteristics;
 
     switch (seq->color_config.chroma_sample_position) {