diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/pesparse.h b/gst/mpegtsdemux/pesparse.h
index 1d7d870e2c..a1600d33f5 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/pesparse.h
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/pesparse.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef struct {
   guint8	stream_id;	/* See ID_* above */
-  guint16	packet_length;	/* The size of the PES header and PES data
+  guint32	packet_length;	/* The size of the PES header and PES data
 				 * (if 0 => unbounded packet) */
   guint16	header_size;	/* The complete size of the PES header */