diff --git a/libavformat/lrcdec.c b/libavformat/lrcdec.c
index e3e091a61a..ebef87da6c 100644
--- a/libavformat/lrcdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/lrcdec.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int64_t read_ts(const char *p, int64_t *start)
     if(p[offset] != '[') {
         return 0;
     }
-    int ret = sscanf(p, "%2[[-]%"SCNu32":%lf]", prefix, &mm, &ss);
+    int ret = av_sscanf(p, "%2[[-]%"SCNu32":%lf]", prefix, &mm, &ss);
     if (ret != 3 || prefix[0] != '[' || ss < 0 || ss > 60) {
         return 0;
     }