diff --git a/libavformat/rpl.c b/libavformat/rpl.c
index fa6357666a..7aec3503da 100644
--- a/libavformat/rpl.c
+++ b/libavformat/rpl.c
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ static int rpl_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                     ast->codecpar->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE;
                     break;
                 } else if (ast->codecpar->bits_per_coded_sample == 8) {
-                    if(strstr(audio_type, "unsigned") != NULL) {
+                    if(av_strcasecmp(audio_type, "unsigned") >= 0) {
                         ast->codecpar->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_U8;
                         break;
-                    } else if(strstr(audio_type, "linear") != NULL) {
+                    } else if(av_strcasecmp(audio_type, "linear") >= 0) {
                         ast->codecpar->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S8;
                         break;
                     } else {