diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.c b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
index 26680a190294e749b0239614eef09998e6d18e8d..899111bea1792c0b608621f90ec02b30327af082 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static const AVOption aacenc_options[] = {
     {"aac_pns", "Perceptual Noise Substitution", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.pns), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, 0, 1, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_pns"},
         {"disable",  "Disable perceptual noise substitution", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 =  0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_pns"},
         {"enable",   "Enable perceptual noise substitution",  0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 =  1 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_pns"},
-    {"aac_is", "Intensity stereo coding", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.intensity_stereo), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, AACENC_FLAGS, "intensity_stereo"},
+    {"aac_is", "Intensity stereo coding", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.intensity_stereo), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, 0, 1, AACENC_FLAGS, "intensity_stereo"},
         {"disable",  "Disable intensity stereo coding", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = 0}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "intensity_stereo"},
         {"enable",   "Enable intensity stereo coding", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = 1}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "intensity_stereo"},
     {"aac_tns", "Temporal noise shaping", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.tns), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, AACENC_FLAGS, "aac_tns"},