diff --git a/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx b/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx
index 61d1068662..9799a72c92 100644
--- a/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVirtualFile.cxx
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ open_subfile(const SubfileInfo &info) {
 void FfmpegVirtualFile::
 close() {
   if (_format_context != NULL) {
-#if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(53, 17, 0)
+#if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR >= 54
     avformat_close_input(&_format_context);
 #else
     av_close_input_file(_format_context);
-#endif
     _format_context = NULL;
+#endif
   }
 
   if (_owns_in) {