diff --git a/libavformat/libquvi.c b/libavformat/libquvi.c
index ca71f9fd8c..633ff0b470 100644
--- a/libavformat/libquvi.c
+++ b/libavformat/libquvi.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "libavformat/avformat.h"
 #include "libavformat/internal.h"
+#include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ static int libquvi_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     if (rc != QUVI_OK)
         goto quvi_fail;
 
+    av_assert0(!qc->fmtctx->codec_whitelist && !qc->fmtctx->format_whitelist);
+    qc->fmtctx-> codec_whitelist = av_strdup(s->codec_whitelist);
+    qc->fmtctx->format_whitelist = av_strdup(s->format_whitelist);
+
     ret = avformat_open_input(&qc->fmtctx, media_url, NULL, NULL);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto end;