diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/video_utils.py b/torchvision/datasets/video_utils.py
index c4890ff4416..b607def243d 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/video_utils.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/video_utils.py
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ def subset(self, indices: List[int]) -> "VideoClips":
             _video_max_dimension=self._video_max_dimension,
             _audio_samples=self._audio_samples,
             _audio_channels=self._audio_channels,
+            output_format=self.output_format,
         )
 
     @staticmethod