diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c
index db077e470a..d0cf29cde7 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ set_default_svt_configuration (EbSvtAv1EncConfiguration * svt_config)
   // tile based encoding
   svt_config->tile_columns = 0;
   svt_config->tile_rows = 0;
-  svt_config->unrestricted_motion_vector = 1;
+  svt_config->restricted_motion_vector = FALSE;
 
   // alt-ref
   svt_config->enable_tf = TRUE;