diff --git a/libavutil/error.h b/libavutil/error.h
index 8a53b906a2..02dbc6a73d 100644
--- a/libavutil/error.h
+++ b/libavutil/error.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "avutil.h"
 
 /* error handling */
-#if EINVAL > 0
+#if EDOM > 0
 #define AVERROR(e) (-(e)) /**< Returns a negative error code from a POSIX error code, to return from library functions. */
 #define AVUNERROR(e) (-(e)) /**< Returns a POSIX error code from a library function error return value. */
 #else