diff --git a/libavcodec/dnxhdenc.c b/libavcodec/dnxhdenc.c
index 228ee4671c..d2fbc167d2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dnxhdenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dnxhdenc.c
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ static av_cold int dnxhd_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
 #if FF_API_QUANT_BIAS
 FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-    if (ctx->intra_quant_bias == FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS &&
-        avctx->intra_quant_bias != FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS)
+    if (avctx->intra_quant_bias != FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS)
         ctx->intra_quant_bias = avctx->intra_quant_bias;
 FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 #endif
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
index c46bcf4a16..862d07f978 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
@@ -548,11 +548,9 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 
 #if FF_API_QUANT_BIAS
 FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-    if (s->intra_quant_bias == FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS &&
-        avctx->intra_quant_bias != FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS)
+    if (avctx->intra_quant_bias != FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS)
         s->intra_quant_bias = avctx->intra_quant_bias;
-    if (s->inter_quant_bias == FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS &&
-        avctx->inter_quant_bias != FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS)
+    if (avctx->inter_quant_bias != FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS)
         s->inter_quant_bias = avctx->inter_quant_bias;
 FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 #endif