diff --git a/libswscale/swscale.c b/libswscale/swscale.c
index 1eb8db8e51..95ca40cebf 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static const char * sws_context_to_name(void * ptr) {
 #define VE AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 
 static const AVOption options[] = {
-    { "sws_flags", "scaler/cpu flags", OFFSET(flags), FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, DEFAULT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "sws_flags" },
+    { "sws_flags", "scaler/cpu flags", OFFSET(flags), FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, DEFAULT, 0, UINT_MAX, VE, "sws_flags" },
     { "fast_bilinear", "fast bilinear", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, SWS_FAST_BILINEAR, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "sws_flags" },
     { "bilinear", "bilinear", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, SWS_BILINEAR, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "sws_flags" },
     { "bicubic", "bicubic", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, SWS_BICUBIC, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "sws_flags" },