diff --git a/libavcodec/vorbisenc.c b/libavcodec/vorbisenc.c
index 161cc9b6fb..dfb4c30e95 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vorbisenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vorbisenc.c
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ static av_cold int vorbis_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avccontext)
     if (avccontext->flags & CODEC_FLAG_QSCALE)
         venc->quality = avccontext->global_quality / (float)FF_QP2LAMBDA / 10.;
     else
-        venc->quality = 0.03;
+        venc->quality = 8;
     venc->quality *= venc->quality;
 
     if ((ret = put_main_header(venc, (uint8_t**)&avccontext->extradata)) < 0)