diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index 0394a86047..87b120fc2c 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ static int nb_frames_drop = 0;
 static int transcoding_finished;
 #endif
 
-#define DEFAULT_PASS_LOGFILENAME_PREFIX "av2pass"
-
 InputStream **input_streams = NULL;
 int        nb_input_streams = 0;
 InputFile   **input_files   = NULL;
@@ -1860,38 +1858,6 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                 abort();
                 break;
             }
-            /* two pass mode */
-            if ((enc_ctx->flags & (CODEC_FLAG_PASS1 | CODEC_FLAG_PASS2))) {
-                char logfilename[1024];
-                FILE *f;
-
-                snprintf(logfilename, sizeof(logfilename), "%s-%d.log",
-                         ost->logfile_prefix ? ost->logfile_prefix :
-                                               DEFAULT_PASS_LOGFILENAME_PREFIX,
-                         i);
-                if (!strcmp(ost->enc->name, "libx264")) {
-                    av_dict_set(&ost->encoder_opts, "stats", logfilename, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
-                } else {
-                    if (enc_ctx->flags & CODEC_FLAG_PASS1) {
-                        f = fopen(logfilename, "wb");
-                        if (!f) {
-                            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Cannot write log file '%s' for pass-1 encoding: %s\n",
-                                   logfilename, strerror(errno));
-                            exit_program(1);
-                        }
-                        ost->logfile = f;
-                    } else {
-                        char  *logbuffer;
-                        size_t logbuffer_size;
-                        if (cmdutils_read_file(logfilename, &logbuffer, &logbuffer_size) < 0) {
-                            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error reading log file '%s' for pass-2 encoding\n",
-                                   logfilename);
-                            exit_program(1);
-                        }
-                        enc_ctx->stats_in = logbuffer;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/avconv_opt.c b/avconv_opt.c
index 7adf051978..86989d66f6 100644
--- a/avconv_opt.c
+++ b/avconv_opt.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h"
 
+#define DEFAULT_PASS_LOGFILENAME_PREFIX "av2pass"
+
 #define MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(name, type, outvar, fmtctx, st)\
 {\
     int i, ret;\
@@ -1174,6 +1176,38 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
             !(ost->logfile_prefix = av_strdup(ost->logfile_prefix)))
             exit_program(1);
 
+        if (do_pass) {
+            char logfilename[1024];
+            FILE *f;
+
+            snprintf(logfilename, sizeof(logfilename), "%s-%d.log",
+                     ost->logfile_prefix ? ost->logfile_prefix :
+                                           DEFAULT_PASS_LOGFILENAME_PREFIX,
+                     i);
+            if (!strcmp(ost->enc->name, "libx264")) {
+                av_dict_set(&ost->encoder_opts, "stats", logfilename, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
+            } else {
+                if (video_enc->flags & CODEC_FLAG_PASS1) {
+                    f = fopen(logfilename, "wb");
+                    if (!f) {
+                        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Cannot write log file '%s' for pass-1 encoding: %s\n",
+                               logfilename, strerror(errno));
+                        exit_program(1);
+                    }
+                    ost->logfile = f;
+                } else {
+                    char  *logbuffer;
+                    size_t logbuffer_size;
+                    if (cmdutils_read_file(logfilename, &logbuffer, &logbuffer_size) < 0) {
+                        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error reading log file '%s' for pass-2 encoding\n",
+                               logfilename);
+                        exit_program(1);
+                    }
+                    video_enc->stats_in = logbuffer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(forced_key_frames, str, ost->forced_keyframes, oc, st);
         if (ost->forced_keyframes)
             ost->forced_keyframes = av_strdup(ost->forced_keyframes);