diff --git a/libavcodec/vp3.c b/libavcodec/vp3.c
index 6d44b9345c..166c1bf60d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vp3.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vp3.c
@@ -3166,8 +3166,8 @@ const AVCodec ff_theora_decoder = {
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .flush                 = vp3_decode_flush,
     .update_thread_context = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(vp3_update_thread_context),
-    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_EXPORTS_CROPPING | FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS |
-                             FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
+    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_THREADSAFE | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
+                             FF_CODEC_CAP_EXPORTS_CROPPING | FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS,
 };
 #endif
 
@@ -3184,7 +3184,8 @@ const AVCodec ff_vp3_decoder = {
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .flush                 = vp3_decode_flush,
     .update_thread_context = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(vp3_update_thread_context),
-    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
+    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_THREADSAFE | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
+                             FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS,
 };
 
 #if CONFIG_VP4_DECODER
@@ -3201,6 +3202,7 @@ const AVCodec ff_vp4_decoder = {
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .flush                 = vp3_decode_flush,
     .update_thread_context = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(vp3_update_thread_context),
-    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
+    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_THREADSAFE | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
+                             FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS,
 };
 #endif