diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp3/Mp3Extractor.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp3/Mp3Extractor.java
index 6e114137f1..8d33f95640 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp3/Mp3Extractor.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/mp3/Mp3Extractor.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public final class Mp3Extractor implements Extractor {
   /**
    * The maximum number of bytes to peek when sniffing, excluding the ID3 header, before giving up.
    */
-  private static final int MAX_SNIFF_BYTES = MpegAudioHeader.MAX_FRAME_SIZE_BYTES;
+  private static final int MAX_SNIFF_BYTES = 16 * 1024;
   /**
    * Maximum length of data read into {@link #scratch}.
    */