diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.c b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
index 219bf02163..aa223cf25f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ static av_cold int aac_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
 #define AACENC_FLAGS AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM
 static const AVOption aacenc_options[] = {
-    {"aac_coder", "Coding algorithm", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.coder), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_FAST}, 0, AAC_CODER_NB-1, AACENC_FLAGS, "coder"},
+    {"aac_coder", "Coding algorithm", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.coder), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_TWOLOOP}, 0, AAC_CODER_NB-1, AACENC_FLAGS, "coder"},
         {"anmr",     "ANMR method",               0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_ANMR},    INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "coder"},
         {"twoloop",  "Two loop searching method", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_TWOLOOP}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "coder"},
         {"fast",     "Default fast search",       0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AAC_CODER_FAST},    INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "coder"},