diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c b/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c
index a6b53cce8d..ea416a97de 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ static void qsv_decode_flush(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     ff_qsv_decode_flush(avctx, &s->qsv);
 }
 
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_SW
+#else
+#define LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW
+#endif
+
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(QSVH2645Context, x)
 #define VD AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM
 
@@ -187,7 +193,7 @@ AVHWAccel ff_hevc_qsv_hwaccel = {
 static const AVOption hevc_options[] = {
     { "async_depth", "Internal parallelization depth, the higher the value the higher the latency.", OFFSET(qsv.async_depth), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = ASYNC_DEPTH_DEFAULT }, 0, INT_MAX, VD },
 
-    { "load_plugin", "A user plugin to load in an internal session", OFFSET(load_plugin), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_SW }, LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE, LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW, VD, "load_plugin" },
+    { "load_plugin", "A user plugin to load in an internal session", OFFSET(load_plugin), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT }, LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE, LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW, VD, "load_plugin" },
     { "none",     NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE },    0, 0, VD, "load_plugin" },
     { "hevc_sw",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_SW }, 0, 0, VD, "load_plugin" },
     { "hevc_hw",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW }, 0, 0, VD, "load_plugin" },