diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 3667e723d686e09c84b763acbb46380a12c3a2a7..e701a82857aaa2735ca1a54eea98eef5ee475df8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_OPT_SHOW
 #define FF_API_OPT_SHOW         (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53)
 #endif
+#ifndef FF_API_AUDIO_OLD
+#define FF_API_AUDIO_OLD        (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53)
+#endif
 
 #define AV_NOPTS_VALUE          INT64_C(0x8000000000000000)
 #define AV_TIME_BASE            1000000
@@ -2998,7 +3001,7 @@ struct AVResampleContext;
 
 typedef struct ReSampleContext ReSampleContext;
 
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
+#if FF_API_AUDIO_OLD
 /**
  * @deprecated Use av_audio_resample_init() instead.
  */
@@ -3459,7 +3462,7 @@ int avcodec_default_execute2(AVCodecContext *c, int (*func)(AVCodecContext *c2,
  */
 int avcodec_open(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVCodec *codec);
 
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
+#if FF_API_AUDIO_OLD
 /**
  * Decode an audio frame from buf into samples.
  * Wrapper function which calls avcodec_decode_audio3.
diff --git a/libavcodec/resample.c b/libavcodec/resample.c
index e51b4fc6674cb527485f3a0ecc94697498ea11b6..222b28ce83ea0c89124e928966b01d144c6ce2c2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/resample.c
+++ b/libavcodec/resample.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ ReSampleContext *av_audio_resample_init(int output_channels, int input_channels,
     return s;
 }
 
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
+#if FF_API_AUDIO_OLD
 ReSampleContext *audio_resample_init(int output_channels, int input_channels,
                                      int output_rate, int input_rate)
 {
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 7edff412ece729756ef9ee440cd1a709634fb5d3..69439b896b879e6418a9bed7db2ddef7ade64e8a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_decode_video2(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *pi
     return ret;
 }
 
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
+#if FF_API_AUDIO_OLD
 int attribute_align_arg avcodec_decode_audio2(AVCodecContext *avctx, int16_t *samples,
                          int *frame_size_ptr,
                          const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)