diff --git a/modules/cudacodec/src/video_writer.cpp b/modules/cudacodec/src/video_writer.cpp
index 74581e21a85..9b36febda45 100644
--- a/modules/cudacodec/src/video_writer.cpp
+++ b/modules/cudacodec/src/video_writer.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class FFmpegVideoWriter : public EncoderCallback
 FFmpegVideoWriter::FFmpegVideoWriter(const String& fileName, const Codec codec, const int fps, const Size sz, const int idrPeriod) {
     if (!videoio_registry::hasBackend(CAP_FFMPEG))
         CV_Error(Error::StsNotImplemented, "FFmpeg backend not found");
-    const int fourcc = codec == Codec::H264 ? cv::VideoWriter::fourcc('a', 'v', 'c', '1') : cv::VideoWriter::fourcc('h', 'e', 'v', '1');
+    const int fourcc = codec == Codec::H264 ? cv::VideoWriter::fourcc('a', 'v', 'c', '1') : cv::VideoWriter::fourcc('h', 'v', 'c', '1');
     writer.open(fileName, fourcc, fps, sz, { VideoWriterProperties::VIDEOWRITER_PROP_RAW_VIDEO, 1, VideoWriterProperties::VIDEOWRITER_PROP_KEY_INTERVAL, idrPeriod });
     if (!writer.isOpened())
         CV_Error(Error::StsUnsupportedFormat, "Unsupported video sink");