diff --git a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg.cpp b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg.cpp
index 14353ad13c11..eb096ced86ff 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ class CvVideoWriter_FFMPEG_proxy CV_FINAL :
     {
         if(!ffmpegWriter)
             return;
-        CV_Assert(image.depth() == CV_8U);
-
+        CV_Assert(image.depth() == CV_8U || image.depth() == CV_16U);
         icvWriteFrame_FFMPEG_p(ffmpegWriter, (const uchar*)image.getMat().ptr(), (int)image.step(), image.cols(), image.rows(), image.channels(), 0);
     }
     virtual bool open( const cv::String& filename, int fourcc, double fps, cv::Size frameSize, bool isColor )