diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index 77a801d11c..4ed81084e4 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -2674,8 +2674,8 @@ reconnect:
     qmark = strchr(path, '?');
     if (qmark && strstr(qmark, "slist=")) {
         char* amp;
-        // After slist we have the playpath, before the params, the app
-        av_strlcpy(rt->app, path + 1, FFMIN(qmark - path, APP_MAX_LENGTH));
+        // After slist we have the playpath, the full path is used as app
+        av_strlcpy(rt->app, path + 1, APP_MAX_LENGTH);
         fname = strstr(path, "slist=") + 6;
         // Strip any further query parameters from fname
         amp = strchr(fname, '&');