diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
index 2bc19f5241..fbd4d85379 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
@@ -532,14 +532,6 @@ static int init_video_param(AVCodecContext *avctx, QSVEncContext *q)
     if (avctx->codec_id != AV_CODEC_ID_HEVC) {
         q->extco.Header.BufferId      = MFX_EXTBUFF_CODING_OPTION;
         q->extco.Header.BufferSz      = sizeof(q->extco);
-#if FF_API_CODER_TYPE
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-        if (avctx->coder_type != 0)
-            q->cavlc = avctx->coder_type == FF_CODER_TYPE_VLC;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
-        q->extco.CAVLC = q->cavlc ? MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON
-                                  : MFX_CODINGOPTION_UNKNOWN;
 
         q->extco.PicTimingSEI         = q->pic_timing_sei ?
                                         MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON : MFX_CODINGOPTION_UNKNOWN;
@@ -548,6 +540,15 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
             q->extco.RateDistortionOpt = q->rdo > 0 ? MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON : MFX_CODINGOPTION_OFF;
 
         if (avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264) {
+#if FF_API_CODER_TYPE
+FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
+            if (avctx->coder_type >= 0)
+                q->cavlc = avctx->coder_type == FF_CODER_TYPE_VLC;
+FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
+#endif
+            q->extco.CAVLC = q->cavlc ? MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON
+                                      : MFX_CODINGOPTION_UNKNOWN;
+
             if (avctx->strict_std_compliance != FF_COMPLIANCE_NORMAL)
                 q->extco.NalHrdConformance = avctx->strict_std_compliance > FF_COMPLIANCE_NORMAL ?
                                              MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON : MFX_CODINGOPTION_OFF;
diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.h b/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
index 12e3444b75..5cfd17446d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 { "adaptive_i",     "Adaptive I-frame placement",             OFFSET(qsv.adaptive_i),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 }, -1,          1, VE },                         \
 { "adaptive_b",     "Adaptive B-frame placement",             OFFSET(qsv.adaptive_b),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 }, -1,          1, VE },                         \
 { "b_strategy",     "Strategy to choose between I/P/B-frames", OFFSET(qsv.b_strategy),    AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 }, -1,          1, VE },                         \
-{ "cavlc",          "Enable CAVLC",                           OFFSET(qsv.cavlc),          AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 },   0,          1, VE },                         \
 
 typedef int SetEncodeCtrlCB (AVCodecContext *avctx,
                              const AVFrame *frame, mfxEncodeCtrl* enc_ctrl);
diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c
index 389335f39d..3242062b40 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static av_cold int qsv_enc_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 static const AVOption options[] = {
     QSV_COMMON_OPTS
 
+    { "cavlc",          "Enable CAVLC",                           OFFSET(qsv.cavlc),          AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 },   0,          1, VE },
     { "idr_interval", "Distance (in I-frames) between IDR frames", OFFSET(qsv.idr_interval), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, VE },
     { "pic_timing_sei",    "Insert picture timing SEI with pic_struct_syntax element", OFFSET(qsv.pic_timing_sei), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 1 }, 0, 1, VE },
     { "single_sei_nal_unit",    "Put all the SEI messages into one NALU",        OFFSET(qsv.single_sei_nal_unit),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 }, -1,          1, VE },
@@ -154,7 +155,9 @@ static const AVCodecDefault qsv_enc_defaults[] = {
     // same as the x264 default
     { "g",         "250"   },
     { "bf",        "3"     },
-    { "coder",     "ac"    },
+#if FF_API_CODER_TYPE
+    { "coder",     "-1"    },
+#endif
 
     { "flags",     "+cgop" },
 #if FF_API_PRIVATE_OPT