diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
index 62f7a61aed..9c2301d7e0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
@@ -464,6 +464,18 @@ int ff_h264_update_thread_context(AVCodecContext *dst,
     return err;
 }
 
+int ff_h264_update_thread_context_for_user(AVCodecContext *dst,
+                                           const AVCodecContext *src)
+{
+    H264Context *h = dst->priv_data;
+    const H264Context *h1 = src->priv_data;
+
+    h->is_avc = h1->is_avc;
+    h->nal_length_size = h1->nal_length_size;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int h264_frame_start(H264Context *h)
 {
     H264Picture *pic;
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264dec.c b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
index 1dd50ead9f..e5b77abc6a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ AVCodec ff_h264_decoder = {
                              FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
     .flush                 = h264_decode_flush,
     .update_thread_context = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(ff_h264_update_thread_context),
+    .update_thread_context_for_user = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(ff_h264_update_thread_context_for_user),
     .profiles              = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_h264_profiles),
     .priv_class            = &h264_class,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264dec.h b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
index b3677cdbb9..8954b74795 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
@@ -849,6 +849,8 @@ int ff_h264_queue_decode_slice(H264Context *h, const H2645NAL *nal);
 int ff_h264_execute_decode_slices(H264Context *h);
 int ff_h264_update_thread_context(AVCodecContext *dst,
                                   const AVCodecContext *src);
+int ff_h264_update_thread_context_for_user(AVCodecContext *dst,
+                                           const AVCodecContext *src);
 
 void ff_h264_flush_change(H264Context *h);