diff --git a/libavcodec/v4l2_context.c b/libavcodec/v4l2_context.c
index 95a2bfa6a4..8110bbb555 100644
--- a/libavcodec/v4l2_context.c
+++ b/libavcodec/v4l2_context.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static inline V4L2m2mContext *ctx_to_m2mctx(V4L2Context *ctx)
         container_of(ctx, V4L2m2mContext, capture);
 }
 
-static inline AVClass *logger(V4L2Context *ctx)
+static inline AVCodecContext *logger(V4L2Context *ctx)
 {
     return ctx_to_m2mctx(ctx)->avctx;
 }