diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 19fdaf1c4b..a70ea04df2 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ int ff_rtsp_make_setup_request(AVFormatContext *s, const char *host, int port,
                      "%s/UDP;multicast", trans_pref);
         }
         if (s->oformat) {
-            av_strlcat(transport, ";mode=receive", sizeof(transport));
+            av_strlcat(transport, ";mode=record", sizeof(transport));
         } else if (rt->server_type == RTSP_SERVER_REAL ||
                    rt->server_type == RTSP_SERVER_WMS)
             av_strlcat(transport, ";mode=play", sizeof(transport));