diff --git a/libavcodec/flacenc.c b/libavcodec/flacenc.c
index 54bc64c9de..7808e2059c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/flacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/flacenc.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
 { "fixed",    NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_LPC_TYPE_FIXED },    INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS, "lpc_type" },
 { "levinson", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_LPC_TYPE_LEVINSON }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS, "lpc_type" },
 { "cholesky", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_LPC_TYPE_CHOLESKY }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS, "lpc_type" },
-{ "lpc_passes", "Number of passes to use for Cholesky factorization during LPC analysis", offsetof(FlacEncodeContext, options.lpc_passes),  AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+{ "lpc_passes", "Number of passes to use for Cholesky factorization during LPC analysis", offsetof(FlacEncodeContext, options.lpc_passes),  AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1 }, 1, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
 { "min_partition_order",  NULL, offsetof(FlacEncodeContext, options.min_partition_order),  AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1 },      -1, MAX_PARTITION_ORDER, FLAGS },
 { "max_partition_order",  NULL, offsetof(FlacEncodeContext, options.max_partition_order),  AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1 },      -1, MAX_PARTITION_ORDER, FLAGS },
 { "prediction_order_method", "Search method for selecting prediction order", offsetof(FlacEncodeContext, options.prediction_order_method), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1 }, -1, ORDER_METHOD_LOG, FLAGS, "predm" },