diff --git a/libavcodec/h263dec.c b/libavcodec/h263dec.c
index 827800f85a0df55d8194df2809f2d10364901738..0a030542f2de80c86e0eaf6037a1fab51a36f461 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h263dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h263dec.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int decode_slice(MpegEncContext *s)
         /* buggy padding but the frame should still end approximately at
          * the bitstream end */
         if ((s->workaround_bugs & FF_BUG_NO_PADDING) &&
-            (s->err_recognition & AV_EF_BUFFER))
+            (s->avctx->err_recognition & AV_EF_BUFFER))
             max_extra += 48;
         else if ((s->workaround_bugs & FF_BUG_NO_PADDING))
             max_extra += 256 * 256 * 256 * 64;
diff --git a/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c b/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c
index e9e4a3555c6a7b0fd6012ef9916cd5ab108b6c60..a89e5d0a373a550d5ff9fc03f48e2d97dda25e43 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static int h263_decode_block(MpegEncContext * s, int16_t * block,
             level = get_bits(&s->gb, 8);
             if((level&0x7F) == 0){
                 av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "illegal dc %d at %d %d\n", level, s->mb_x, s->mb_y);
-                if(s->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM)
+                if (s->avctx->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM)
                     return -1;
             }
             if (level == 255)
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg4video.h b/libavcodec/mpeg4video.h
index 22d6d59d49d34fe4261c38fd5a5af68fc49897b5..252029cd3a98677865a44c52c28c9c63c8e16075 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg4video.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg4video.h
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static inline int ff_mpeg4_pred_dc(MpegEncContext *s, int n, int level,
     } else {
         level += pred;
         ret    = level;
-        if (s->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM) {
+        if (s->avctx->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM) {
             if (level < 0) {
                 av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "dc<0 at %dx%d\n", s->mb_x, s->mb_y);
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
index ec03aac8f34ea4ca48ef7b6901bc5ee14104b698..8dbdbf9b131b8f064c2b8f5bfbfea57a040661f4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static inline int mpeg4_decode_dc(MpegEncContext *s, int n, int *dir_ptr)
 
         if (code > 8) {
             if (get_bits1(&s->gb) == 0) { /* marker */
-                if (s->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM) {
+                if (s->avctx->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM) {
                     av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "dc marker bit missing\n");
                     return -1;
                 }
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static inline int mpeg4_decode_block(Mpeg4DecContext *ctx, int16_t *block,
                                 level = level * qmul - qadd;
 
                             if ((unsigned)(level + 2048) > 4095) {
-                                if (s->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM) {
+                                if (s->avctx->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM) {
                                     if (level > 2560 || level < -2560) {
                                         av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                                                "|level| overflow in 3. esc, qp=%d\n",
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
index bce307c72ca4758db85c0b7a853a461cbb21d5f9..8311b13c0820b721722e840e1ef5f778638bafcf 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
@@ -1858,8 +1858,6 @@ int ff_mpv_frame_start(MpegEncContext *s, AVCodecContext *avctx)
         }
     }
 
-    s->err_recognition = avctx->err_recognition;
-
     /* set dequantizer, we can't do it during init as
      * it might change for mpeg4 and we can't do it in the header
      * decode as init is not called for mpeg4 there yet */
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
index 35c75e4955a5c0501393ce507e7a284a9f5799bf..4247d9949f62542646744047d89978d9a9391735 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
@@ -474,7 +474,6 @@ typedef struct MpegEncContext {
     GetBitContext last_resync_gb;    ///< used to search for the next resync marker
     int mb_num_left;                 ///< number of MBs left in this video packet (for partitioned Slices only)
     int next_p_frame_damaged;        ///< set if the next p frame is damaged, to avoid showing trashed b frames
-    int err_recognition;
 
     ParseContext parse_context;
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/msmpeg4dec.c b/libavcodec/msmpeg4dec.c
index 402fbe36cbbb975726675e70e707edca5b4751bf..ea770f9d5cee5684dfa8ee7ab56ab8a1d1206b8f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/msmpeg4dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/msmpeg4dec.c
@@ -833,7 +833,9 @@ int ff_msmpeg4_decode_block(MpegEncContext * s, int16_t * block,
             i-= 192;
             if(i&(~63)){
                 const int left= get_bits_left(&s->gb);
-                if(((i+192 == 64 && level/qmul==-1) || !(s->err_recognition&AV_EF_BITSTREAM)) && left>=0){
+                if (((i + 192 == 64 && level / qmul == -1) ||
+                     !(s->avctx->err_recognition & AV_EF_BITSTREAM)) &&
+                    left >= 0) {
                     av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "ignoring overflow at %d %d\n", s->mb_x, s->mb_y);
                     break;
                 }else{