diff --git a/ffmpeg_opt.c b/ffmpeg_opt.c
index c98e03063b..09f75d3e82 100644
--- a/ffmpeg_opt.c
+++ b/ffmpeg_opt.c
@@ -1145,8 +1145,6 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, in
             if (p) p++;
         }
         video_enc->rc_override_count = i;
-        if (!video_enc->rc_initial_buffer_occupancy)
-            video_enc->rc_initial_buffer_occupancy = video_enc->rc_buffer_size * 3 / 4;
         video_enc->intra_dc_precision = intra_dc_precision - 8;
 
         if (do_psnr)
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index f5ceae4e17..8c0aa9818e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,9 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_open2(AVCodecContext *avctx, const AVCodec *code
             && avctx->bit_rate>0 && avctx->bit_rate<1000) {
             av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Bitrate %d is extreemly low, did you mean %dk\n", avctx->bit_rate, avctx->bit_rate);
         }
+
+        if (!avctx->rc_initial_buffer_occupancy)
+            avctx->rc_initial_buffer_occupancy = avctx->rc_buffer_size * 3 / 4;
     }
 
     avctx->pts_correction_num_faulty_pts =