diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 4178a2f14b..1c6e205104 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -3183,7 +3183,8 @@ def _extract_formats(self, streaming_data, video_id, player_url, is_live, durati
                               ' (default)' if language_preference > 0 else ''),
                     fmt.get('qualityLabel') or quality.replace('audio_quality_', ''),
                     throttled and 'THROTTLED', is_damaged and 'DAMAGED', delim=', '),
-                'source_preference': -10 if throttled else -1,
+                # Format 22 is likely to be damaged. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3372
+                'source_preference': -10 if throttled else -5 if itag == '22' else -1,
                 'fps': int_or_none(fmt.get('fps')) or None,
                 'height': height,
                 'quality': q(quality),