diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.h b/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
index 486c996fc6..d77bc0aee1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 #define QSV_COMMON_OPTS \
 { "async_depth", "Maximum processing parallelism", OFFSET(qsv.async_depth), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = ASYNC_DEPTH_DEFAULT }, 1, INT_MAX, VE },                          \
-{ "preset", NULL, OFFSET(qsv.preset), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = MFX_TARGETUSAGE_BALANCED }, MFX_TARGETUSAGE_BEST_QUALITY, MFX_TARGETUSAGE_BEST_SPEED,   VE, "preset" }, \
+{ "preset", NULL, OFFSET(qsv.preset), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = MFX_TARGETUSAGE_UNKNOWN }, MFX_TARGETUSAGE_UNKNOWN, MFX_TARGETUSAGE_BEST_SPEED,   VE, "preset" },       \
 { "veryfast",    NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = MFX_TARGETUSAGE_BEST_SPEED  },   INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "preset" },                                                \
 { "faster",      NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = MFX_TARGETUSAGE_6  },            INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "preset" },                                                \
 { "fast",        NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = MFX_TARGETUSAGE_5  },            INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "preset" },                                                \