diff --git a/libavcodec/tiff.c b/libavcodec/tiff.c
index a30e1a948a..103c44fdfb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tiff.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tiff.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static int init_image(TiffContext *s)
         s->avctx->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_RGB24;
         break;
     case 161:
-        s->avctx->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_GRAY16BE;
+        s->avctx->pix_fmt = s->le ? PIX_FMT_GRAY16LE : PIX_FMT_GRAY16BE;
         break;
     case 162:
         s->avctx->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_GRAY8A;