diff --git a/libavformat/libsrt.c b/libavformat/libsrt.c
index 8e44ce6b80..f901bba875 100644
--- a/libavformat/libsrt.c
+++ b/libavformat/libsrt.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int libsrt_set_options_pre(URLContext *h, int fd)
     if ((s->mode == SRT_MODE_RENDEZVOUS && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_RENDEZVOUS, "SRTO_RENDEZVOUS", &yes, sizeof(yes)) < 0) ||
         (s->maxbw >= 0 && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_MAXBW, "SRTO_MAXBW", &s->maxbw, sizeof(s->maxbw)) < 0) ||
         (s->pbkeylen >= 0 && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_PBKEYLEN, "SRTO_PBKEYLEN", &s->pbkeylen, sizeof(s->pbkeylen)) < 0) ||
-        (s->passphrase && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_PASSPHRASE, "SRTO_PASSPHRASE", &s->passphrase, sizeof(s->passphrase)) < 0) ||
+        (s->passphrase && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_PASSPHRASE, "SRTO_PASSPHRASE", s->passphrase, strlen(s->passphrase)) < 0) ||
         (s->mss >= 0 && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_MSS, "SRTO_MMS", &s->mss, sizeof(s->mss)) < 0) ||
         (s->ffs >= 0 && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_FC, "SRTO_FC", &s->ffs, sizeof(s->ffs)) < 0) ||
         (s->ipttl >= 0 && libsrt_setsockopt(h, fd, SRTO_IPTTL, "SRTO_UPTTL", &s->ipttl, sizeof(s->ipttl)) < 0) ||