diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
index 5886e5b882..b11484e4cf 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
@@ -683,7 +683,6 @@ int ff_mpeg_update_thread_context(AVCodecContext *dst,
 
     s->coded_picture_number = s1->coded_picture_number;
     s->picture_number       = s1->picture_number;
-    s->input_picture_number = s1->input_picture_number;
 
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++) {
         ff_mpeg_unref_picture(s, &s->picture[i]);