diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
index 69aed1d323..68ae42ef23 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
@@ -975,45 +975,54 @@ static int clone_slice(H264Context *dst, H264Context *src)
 
 static enum AVPixelFormat get_pixel_format(H264Context *h)
 {
+    enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmts[2];
+    const enum AVPixelFormat *choices = pix_fmts;
+
+    pix_fmts[1] = AV_PIX_FMT_NONE;
+
     switch (h->sps.bit_depth_luma) {
     case 9:
         if (CHROMA444(h)) {
             if (h->avctx->colorspace == AVCOL_SPC_RGB) {
-                return AV_PIX_FMT_GBRP9;
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_GBRP9;
             } else
-                return AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P9;
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P9;
         } else if (CHROMA422(h))
-            return AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P9;
+            pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P9;
         else
-            return AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P9;
+            pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P9;
         break;
     case 10:
         if (CHROMA444(h)) {
             if (h->avctx->colorspace == AVCOL_SPC_RGB) {
-                return AV_PIX_FMT_GBRP10;
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_GBRP10;
             } else
-                return AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P10;
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P10;
         } else if (CHROMA422(h))
-            return AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P10;
+            pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P10;
         else
-            return AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P10;
+            pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P10;
         break;
     case 8:
         if (CHROMA444(h)) {
-            if (h->avctx->colorspace == AVCOL_SPC_RGB) {
-                return AV_PIX_FMT_GBRP;
-            } else
-                return h->avctx->color_range == AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG ? AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ444P
-                                                                 : AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P;
+            if (h->avctx->colorspace == AVCOL_SPC_RGB)
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_GBRP;
+            else if (h->avctx->color_range == AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG)
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ444P;
+            else
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P;
         } else if (CHROMA422(h)) {
-            return h->avctx->color_range == AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG ? AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ422P
-                                                             : AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P;
+            if (h->avctx->color_range == AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG)
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ422P;
+            else
+                pix_fmts[0] = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P;
         } else {
-            return ff_get_format(h->avctx, h->avctx->codec->pix_fmts ?
-                                 h->avctx->codec->pix_fmts :
-                                 h->avctx->color_range == AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG ?
-                                 h264_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_jpeg_420 :
-                                 h264_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_420);
+            if (h->avctx->codec->pix_fmts)
+                choices = h->avctx->codec->pix_fmts;
+            else if (h->avctx->color_range == AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG)
+                choices = h264_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_jpeg_420;
+            else
+                choices = h264_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_420;
         }
         break;
     default:
@@ -1021,6 +1030,8 @@ static enum AVPixelFormat get_pixel_format(H264Context *h)
                "Unsupported bit depth %d\n", h->sps.bit_depth_luma);
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
+
+    return ff_get_format(h->avctx, choices);
 }
 
 /* export coded and cropped frame dimensions to AVCodecContext */