diff --git a/libavcodec/tiff.c b/libavcodec/tiff.c
index 870e0666aa..9af602eef7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tiff.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tiff.c
@@ -2155,6 +2155,7 @@ static av_cold int tiff_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     s->avctx_mjpeg->flags2 = avctx->flags2;
     s->avctx_mjpeg->dct_algo = avctx->dct_algo;
     s->avctx_mjpeg->idct_algo = avctx->idct_algo;
+    s->avctx_mjpeg->max_pixels = avctx->max_pixels;
     ret = avcodec_open2(s->avctx_mjpeg, codec, NULL);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;