diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
index 62c93458b7..eb31814780 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ av_cold int ff_dct_encode_init(MpegEncContext *s) {
     if (ARCH_X86)
         ff_dct_encode_init_x86(s);
 
-    ff_h263dsp_init(&s->h263dsp);
+    if (CONFIG_H263_ENCODER)
+        ff_h263dsp_init(&s->h263dsp);
     if (!s->dct_quantize)
         s->dct_quantize = ff_dct_quantize_c;
     if (!s->denoise_dct)