diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 88a288273bcc8372502ad57cd52d333597b605a3..81bd819ba6b18eb3b7d0adcfae0daf984b980803 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ libavutil:   2009-03-08
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2010-11-02 - r25654 - lavcore 0.12.0 - av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt()
+  Add av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt() to libavcore/samplefmt.h and
+  deprecate av_get_bits_per_sample_format().
+
 2010-11-02 - r25653 - lavcore 0.11.0 - samplefmt.h
   Add sample format functions in libavcore/samplefmt.h:
   av_get_sample_fmt_name(),
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index af5088eaf50223ccdf3225832b62d1d3871df133..64054556188d19db74ab2bffb0b974d0b65803db 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 52
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR 94
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO  2
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO  3
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \
@@ -3739,13 +3739,13 @@ char av_get_pict_type_char(int pict_type);
  */
 int av_get_bits_per_sample(enum CodecID codec_id);
 
+#if FF_API_OLD_SAMPLE_FMT
 /**
- * Return sample format bits per sample.
- *
- * @param[in] sample_fmt the sample format
- * @return Number of bits per sample or zero if unknown for the given sample format.
+ * @deprecated Use av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt() instead.
  */
+attribute_deprecated
 int av_get_bits_per_sample_format(enum SampleFormat sample_fmt);
+#endif
 
 /* frame parsing */
 typedef struct AVCodecParserContext {
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index ffd34eee145fe112938f583c059974573f6cad5f..8169b374b5c2a0d1595f7f36426eb6df2084209e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1064,21 +1064,11 @@ int av_get_bits_per_sample(enum CodecID codec_id){
     }
 }
 
+#if FF_API_OLD_SAMPLE_FMT
 int av_get_bits_per_sample_format(enum SampleFormat sample_fmt) {
-    switch (sample_fmt) {
-    case SAMPLE_FMT_U8:
-        return 8;
-    case SAMPLE_FMT_S16:
-        return 16;
-    case SAMPLE_FMT_S32:
-    case SAMPLE_FMT_FLT:
-        return 32;
-    case SAMPLE_FMT_DBL:
-        return 64;
-    default:
-        return 0;
-    }
+    return av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt(sample_fmt);
 }
+#endif
 
 #if !HAVE_THREADS
 int avcodec_thread_init(AVCodecContext *s, int thread_count){
diff --git a/libavcore/avcore.h b/libavcore/avcore.h
index dd1cd75f0284bc630f8c10558793a7f15cde8929..b2bb81062856e3e16cf9adcd02b67d3b100575a6 100644
--- a/libavcore/avcore.h
+++ b/libavcore/avcore.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCORE_VERSION_MAJOR  0
-#define LIBAVCORE_VERSION_MINOR 11
+#define LIBAVCORE_VERSION_MINOR 12
 #define LIBAVCORE_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVCORE_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCORE_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libavcore/samplefmt.c b/libavcore/samplefmt.c
index 49ab8296f7d12e0c7fd805be2e49dc86fce9fc88..532acd9507907048762ad9492365695fe3c8bac7 100644
--- a/libavcore/samplefmt.c
+++ b/libavcore/samplefmt.c
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ char *av_get_sample_fmt_string (char *buf, int buf_size, enum AVSampleFormat sam
 
     return buf;
 }
+
+int av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt(enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt)
+{
+    return sample_fmt < 0 || sample_fmt >= AV_SAMPLE_FMT_NB ?
+        0 : sample_fmt_info[sample_fmt].bits;
+}
diff --git a/libavcore/samplefmt.h b/libavcore/samplefmt.h
index 482bb4847160203176e1a29e1a671718ea5b9f77..8779a6f8f3f690a9537f4ee1818b4d417cfb3937 100644
--- a/libavcore/samplefmt.h
+++ b/libavcore/samplefmt.h
@@ -58,4 +58,13 @@ enum AVSampleFormat av_get_sample_fmt(const char *name);
  */
 char *av_get_sample_fmt_string(char *buf, int buf_size, enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt);
 
+/**
+ * Return sample format bits per sample.
+ *
+ * @param sample_fmt the sample format
+ * @return number of bits per sample or zero if unknown for the given
+ * sample format
+ */
+int av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt(enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt);
+
 #endif /* AVCORE_SAMPLEFMT_H */