diff --git a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
index c69acc00ef34c5746692a6b21098cdc373ec3d02..4cb0e21458aeb6edad71ddcf9271ecaeff7581a1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ static const AVCodecDefault defaults[] = {
 #if CONFIG_LIBVPX_VP8_ENCODER
 static av_cold int vp8_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
-    return vpx_init(avctx, &vpx_codec_vp8_cx_algo);
+    return vpx_init(avctx, vpx_codec_vp8_cx());
 }
 
 static const AVClass class_vp8 = {
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ AVCodec ff_libvpx_vp8_encoder = {
 #if CONFIG_LIBVPX_VP9_ENCODER
 static av_cold int vp9_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
-    return vpx_init(avctx, &vpx_codec_vp9_cx_algo);
+    return vpx_init(avctx, vpx_codec_vp9_cx());
 }
 
 static const AVClass class_vp9 = {