diff --git a/libavformat/mxf.h b/libavformat/mxf.h
index 7dd1681e60..e16843214c 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxf.h
+++ b/libavformat/mxf.h
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 typedef AVUUID UID;
 
 enum MXFMetadataSetType {
-    AnyType,
-    MaterialPackage,
+    MaterialPackage = 1,
     SourcePackage,
     SourceClip,
     TimecodeComponent,
diff --git a/libavformat/mxfdec.c b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
index 446bcf3276..b7b9207a5b 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ static void *mxf_resolve_strong_ref(MXFContext *mxf, UID *strong_ref, enum MXFMe
         return NULL;
     for (i = mxf->metadata_sets_count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         if (!memcmp(*strong_ref, mxf->metadata_sets[i]->uid, 16) &&
-            (type == AnyType || mxf->metadata_sets[i]->type == type)) {
+            (mxf->metadata_sets[i]->type == type)) {
             return mxf->metadata_sets[i];
         }
     }
@@ -2221,22 +2221,17 @@ static int mxf_add_timecode_metadata(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, AVTimec
 
 static MXFTimecodeComponent* mxf_resolve_timecode_component(MXFContext *mxf, UID *strong_ref)
 {
-    MXFStructuralComponent *component = NULL;
-    MXFPulldownComponent *pulldown = NULL;
+    MXFTimecodeComponent *timecode;
+    MXFPulldownComponent *pulldown;
 
-    component = mxf_resolve_strong_ref(mxf, strong_ref, AnyType);
-    if (!component)
-        return NULL;
+    timecode = mxf_resolve_strong_ref(mxf, strong_ref, TimecodeComponent);
+    if (timecode)
+        return timecode;
 
-    switch (component->meta.type) {
-    case TimecodeComponent:
-        return (MXFTimecodeComponent*)component;
-    case PulldownComponent: /* timcode component may be located on a pulldown component */
-        pulldown = (MXFPulldownComponent*)component;
+    pulldown = mxf_resolve_strong_ref(mxf, strong_ref, PulldownComponent);
+    if (pulldown)
         return mxf_resolve_strong_ref(mxf, &pulldown->input_segment_ref, TimecodeComponent);
-    default:
-        break;
-    }
+
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2280,14 +2275,20 @@ static MXFDescriptor* mxf_resolve_descriptor(MXFContext *mxf, UID *strong_ref, i
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static MXFStructuralComponent* mxf_resolve_essence_group_choice(MXFContext *mxf, MXFEssenceGroup *essence_group)
+static MXFStructuralComponent* mxf_resolve_sourceclip(MXFContext *mxf, UID *strong_ref)
 {
     MXFStructuralComponent *component = NULL;
     MXFPackage *package = NULL;
     MXFDescriptor *descriptor = NULL;
+    MXFEssenceGroup *essence_group;
     int i;
 
-    if (!essence_group || !essence_group->structural_components_count)
+    component = mxf_resolve_strong_ref(mxf, strong_ref, SourceClip);
+    if (component)
+        return component;
+
+    essence_group = mxf_resolve_strong_ref(mxf, strong_ref, EssenceGroup);
+    if (!essence_group)
         return NULL;
 
     /* essence groups contains multiple representations of the same media,
@@ -2304,24 +2305,7 @@ static MXFStructuralComponent* mxf_resolve_essence_group_choice(MXFContext *mxf,
         if (descriptor)
             return component;
     }
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static MXFStructuralComponent* mxf_resolve_sourceclip(MXFContext *mxf, UID *strong_ref)
-{
-    MXFStructuralComponent *component = NULL;
 
-    component = mxf_resolve_strong_ref(mxf, strong_ref, AnyType);
-    if (!component)
-        return NULL;
-    switch (component->meta.type) {
-        case SourceClip:
-            return component;
-        case EssenceGroup:
-            return mxf_resolve_essence_group_choice(mxf, (MXFEssenceGroup*) component);
-        default:
-            break;
-    }
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -3243,7 +3227,7 @@ static const MXFMetadataReadTableEntry mxf_metadata_read_table[] = {
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x05,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x02,0x01,0x01,0x04,0x04,0x00 }, mxf_read_partition_pack },
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x2f,0x00 }, mxf_read_preface_metadata },
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x30,0x00 }, mxf_read_identification_metadata },
-    { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x18,0x00 }, mxf_read_content_storage, 0, AnyType },
+    { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x18,0x00 }, mxf_read_content_storage },
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x37,0x00 }, mxf_read_package, sizeof(MXFPackage), SourcePackage },
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x36,0x00 }, mxf_read_package, sizeof(MXFPackage), MaterialPackage },
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x0f,0x00 }, mxf_read_sequence, sizeof(MXFSequence), Sequence },
@@ -3272,7 +3256,7 @@ static const MXFMetadataReadTableEntry mxf_metadata_read_table[] = {
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x04,0x01,0x02,0x02,0x00,0x00 }, mxf_read_cryptographic_context, sizeof(MXFCryptoContext), CryptoContext },
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x02,0x01,0x01,0x10,0x01,0x00 }, mxf_read_index_table_segment, sizeof(MXFIndexTableSegment), IndexTableSegment },
     { { 0x06,0x0e,0x2b,0x34,0x02,0x53,0x01,0x01,0x0d,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x23,0x00 }, mxf_read_essence_container_data, sizeof(MXFEssenceContainerData), EssenceContainerData },
-    { { 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00 }, NULL, 0, AnyType },
+    { { 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00 }, NULL },
 };
 
 static int mxf_metadataset_init(MXFMetadataSet *ctx, enum MXFMetadataSetType type, MXFPartition *partition)
