diff --git a/cocos/ui/UIVideoPlayer-ios.mm b/cocos/ui/UIVideoPlayer-ios.mm
index c5e599bfca..7acba78890 100644
--- a/cocos/ui/UIVideoPlayer-ios.mm
+++ b/cocos/ui/UIVideoPlayer-ios.mm
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ using namespace cocos2d::experimental::ui;
     }
     
     if (videoSource == 1) {
-        self.moviePlayer = [[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@(videoUrl.c_str())]] autorelease];
+        self.moviePlayer = [[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init] autorelease];
         self.moviePlayer.movieSourceType = MPMovieSourceTypeStreaming;
+        [self.moviePlayer setContentURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@(videoUrl.c_str())]];
     } else {
         NSString *path = [UIVideoViewWrapperIos fullPathFromRelativePath:@(videoUrl.c_str())];
         self.moviePlayer = [[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]] autorelease];
diff --git a/tests/cpp-tests/Classes/UITest/CocoStudioGUITest/UIVideoPlayerTest/UIVideoPlayerTest.cpp b/tests/cpp-tests/Classes/UITest/CocoStudioGUITest/UIVideoPlayerTest/UIVideoPlayerTest.cpp
index 31e9e299da..90f6e77ea1 100644
--- a/tests/cpp-tests/Classes/UITest/CocoStudioGUITest/UIVideoPlayerTest/UIVideoPlayerTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/cpp-tests/Classes/UITest/CocoStudioGUITest/UIVideoPlayerTest/UIVideoPlayerTest.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void VideoPlayerTest::menuOnlineVideoCallback(Ref* sender)
 {
     if (_videoPlayer)
     {
-        _videoPlayer->setURL("http://video001.smgbb.cn/gslb/program/FDN/FDN1190949/HLSVodService.m3u8?_mdCode=6065719&_cdnCode=B2B_XL_TEST&_type=0&_rCode=TerOut_18865&_userId=020341000456068&_categoryCode=SMG_HUAYU&_categoryPath=SMG_1002,SMG_HUAYU,&_adPositionId=01001000&_adCategorySource=0&_flag=.m3u8&_enCode=m3u8&taskID=ysh_ps_002-ott_1397459105893_020341000456068&_client=103&_cms=ctv&_CDNToken=76C043FD4969501754DC19E54EC8DC2C");
+        _videoPlayer->setURL("http://benchmark.cocos2d-x.org/cocosvideo.mp4");
         _videoPlayer->play();
     }
 }