diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
index 602063e49f..da99327dcd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
@@ -515,8 +515,6 @@ int MPV_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     s->rtp_payload_size = avctx->rtp_payload_size;
     if (avctx->rtp_callback)
         s->rtp_callback = avctx->rtp_callback;
-    s->qmin= avctx->qmin;
-    s->qmax= avctx->qmax;
     s->max_qdiff= avctx->max_qdiff;
     s->qcompress= avctx->qcompress;
     s->qblur= avctx->qblur;
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
index 846d1ab3c0..bd1c257b7a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ typedef struct MpegEncContext {
     int fixed_qscale; ///< fixed qscale if non zero 
     float qcompress;  ///< amount of qscale change between easy & hard scenes (0.0-1.0) 
     float qblur;      ///< amount of qscale smoothing over time (0.0-1.0) 
-    int qmin;         ///< min qscale 
-    int qmax;         ///< max qscale 
     int max_qdiff;    ///< max qscale difference between frames 
     int encoding;     ///< true if we are encoding (vs decoding) 
     int flags;        ///< AVCodecContext.flags (HQ, MV4, ...) 
diff --git a/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c b/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
index 80213dc008..8a39623882 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ static double get_diff_limited_q(MpegEncContext *s, RateControlEntry *rce, doubl
  * gets the qmin & qmax for pict_type
  */
 static void get_qminmax(int *qmin_ret, int *qmax_ret, MpegEncContext *s, int pict_type){
-    int qmin= s->qmin;                                                       
-    int qmax= s->qmax;
+    int qmin= s->avctx->qmin;                                                       
+    int qmax= s->avctx->qmax;
 
     if(pict_type==B_TYPE){
         qmin= (int)(qmin*ABS(s->avctx->b_quant_factor)+s->avctx->b_quant_offset + 0.5);
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static void get_qminmax(int *qmin_ret, int *qmax_ret, MpegEncContext *s, int pic
     }
 
     if(qmin<1) qmin=1;
-    if(qmin==1 && s->qmin>1) qmin=2; //avoid qmin=1 unless the user wants qmin=1
+    if(qmin==1 && s->avctx->qmin>1) qmin=2; //avoid qmin=1 unless the user wants qmin=1
 
     if(qmin<3 && s->max_qcoeff<=128 && pict_type==I_TYPE) qmin=3; //reduce cliping problems