diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 14b2eb5e11ba7759d5c1e8536c437b9107fe0c37..e1fccc9b54e6c614bad2f6085e0f51586b1d7c9e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT < ((52<<16)+(0<<8)+0)
 {"trell", "use trellis quantization", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG_TRELLIS_QUANT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags"},
 #endif
-{"global_header", "place global headers in extradata instead of every keyframe", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, A|V|E, "flags"},
+{"global_header", "place global headers in extradata instead of every keyframe", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, 0, "flags"},
 {"bitexact", "use only bitexact stuff (except (i)dct)", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG_BITEXACT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, A|V|S|D|E, "flags"},
 {"aic", "h263 advanced intra coding / mpeg4 ac prediction", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG_AC_PRED, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags"},
 {"umv", "use unlimited motion vectors", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG_H263P_UMV, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags"},