diff --git a/libavcodec/h263dec.c b/libavcodec/h263dec.c
index 7fb9cb00f569a05e19591f50366c30048c0e57f7..bb42d495fa4a3d4c29c98c239347b99401bfb2f6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h263dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h263dec.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ av_cold int ff_h263_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return -1;
     }
     s->codec_id= avctx->codec->id;
+    avctx->hwaccel= ff_find_hwaccel(avctx->codec->id, avctx->pix_fmt);
 
     /* for h263, we allocate the images after having read the header */
     if (avctx->codec->id != CODEC_ID_H263 && avctx->codec->id != CODEC_ID_MPEG4)
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index f5d2a8082ac0512700d766e3c852f13575020dd2..89f9978b2b29ac7274555d68e3c85fa178019dea 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -2182,6 +2182,7 @@ static av_cold int decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx){
         avctx->pix_fmt= PIX_FMT_VDPAU_H264;
     else
         avctx->pix_fmt= avctx->get_format(avctx, avctx->codec->pix_fmts);
+    avctx->hwaccel = ff_find_hwaccel(avctx->codec->id, avctx->pix_fmt);
 
     decode_init_vlc();
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/internal.h b/libavcodec/internal.h
index a8bed35f2d6afb4256053d02826df1f84e3d693a..9f40538db51b87edd94999a7f06bb486fa7675bb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/internal.h
+++ b/libavcodec/internal.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #ifndef AVCODEC_INTERNAL_H
 #define AVCODEC_INTERNAL_H
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "avcodec.h"
+
 /**
  * Logs a generic warning message about a missing feature.
  * @param[in] avc a pointer to an arbitrary struct of which the first field is
@@ -44,4 +47,14 @@ void ff_log_missing_feature(void *avc, const char *feature, int want_sample);
  */
 void ff_log_ask_for_sample(void *avc, const char *msg);
 
+/**
+ * Returns the hardware accelerated codec for codec \p codec_id and
+ * pixel format \p pix_fmt.
+ *
+ * @param codec_id the codec to match
+ * @param pix_fmt the pixel format to match
+ * @return the hardware accelerated codec, or NULL if none was found.
+ */
+AVHWAccel *ff_find_hwaccel(enum CodecID codec_id, enum PixelFormat pix_fmt);
+
 #endif /* AVCODEC_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
index 10e4632d9d36ed79f9cb41744b73106b78b707ed..d958ae52f30ecd06fbc4f7979d3cc576445d9310 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
@@ -1302,6 +1302,7 @@ static int mpeg_decode_postinit(AVCodecContext *avctx){
         }//MPEG-2
 
         avctx->pix_fmt = mpeg_get_pixelformat(avctx);
+        avctx->hwaccel = ff_find_hwaccel(avctx->codec->id, avctx->pix_fmt);
         //until then pix_fmt may be changed right after codec init
         if( avctx->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_XVMC_MPEG2_IDCT ||
             avctx->hwaccel ||
@@ -2071,6 +2072,7 @@ static int vcr2_init_sequence(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     s->low_delay= 1;
 
     avctx->pix_fmt = mpeg_get_pixelformat(avctx);
+    avctx->hwaccel = ff_find_hwaccel(avctx->codec->id, avctx->pix_fmt);
 
     if( avctx->pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_XVMC_MPEG2_IDCT ||
         s->avctx->codec->capabilities&CODEC_CAP_HWACCEL_VDPAU )