diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.c b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
index 2c6d51ee55..ff9fe99aba 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ enum AVHWDeviceType av_hwdevice_find_type_by_name(const char *name)
 
 const char *av_hwdevice_get_type_name(enum AVHWDeviceType type)
 {
-    if (type >= 0 && type < FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(hw_type_names))
+    if (type > AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE &&
+        type < FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(hw_type_names))
         return hw_type_names[type];
     else
         return NULL;
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.h b/libavutil/hwcontext.h
index 040e010b30..889e30365e 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.h
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.h
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 #include "pixfmt.h"
 
 enum AVHWDeviceType {
+    AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE,
     AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VDPAU,
     AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA,
     AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI,
     AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_DXVA2,
     AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_QSV,
-    AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE,
 };
 
 typedef struct AVHWDeviceInternal AVHWDeviceInternal;