diff --git a/libavformat/output-example.c b/libavformat/output-example.c
index a467109fdb..aadd74a2ad 100644
--- a/libavformat/output-example.c
+++ b/libavformat/output-example.c
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         audio_st = add_audio_stream(oc, fmt->audio_codec);
     }
 
-    av_dump_format(oc, 0, filename, 1);
-
     /* now that all the parameters are set, we can open the audio and
        video codecs and allocate the necessary encode buffers */
     if (video_st)
@@ -473,6 +471,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (audio_st)
         open_audio(oc, audio_st);
 
+    av_dump_format(oc, 0, filename, 1);
+
     /* open the output file, if needed */
     if (!(fmt->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
         if (avio_open(&oc->pb, filename, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE) < 0) {