diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 9da07223f5..f770c7963d 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ void uninit_opts(void)
     }
     av_freep(&opt_names);
     av_freep(&opt_values);
+    opt_name_count = 0;
 }
 
 void log_callback_help(void* ptr, int level, const char* fmt, va_list vl)
diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 0d5b976327..bb64f7cdc9 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -3305,6 +3305,8 @@ static void opt_input_file(const char *filename)
     av_freep(&video_codec_name);
     av_freep(&audio_codec_name);
     av_freep(&subtitle_codec_name);
+    uninit_opts();
+    init_opts();
 }
 
 static void check_inputs(int *has_video_ptr,
@@ -3850,6 +3852,8 @@ static void opt_output_file(const char *filename)
     set_context_opts(oc, avformat_opts, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, NULL);
 
     av_freep(&forced_key_frames);
+    uninit_opts();
+    init_opts();
 }
 
 /* same option as mencoder */