diff --git a/libavcodec/v4l2_m2m_dec.c b/libavcodec/v4l2_m2m_dec.c
index 4712aca34c..83d506b6b0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/v4l2_m2m_dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/v4l2_m2m_dec.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static av_cold int v4l2_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     capture->av_codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO;
     capture->av_pix_fmt = avctx->pix_fmt;
 
+    s->avctx = avctx;
     ret = ff_v4l2_m2m_codec_init(priv);
     if (ret) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "can't configure decoder\n");
@@ -209,7 +210,6 @@ static av_cold int v4l2_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
         return ret;
     }
-    s->avctx = avctx;
 
     return v4l2_prepare_decoder(s);
 }