diff --git a/libavcodec/error_resilience.c b/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
index e9764f8d96..f957c68d2c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
+++ b/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
@@ -766,12 +766,12 @@ static int is_intra_more_likely(ERContext *s)
                 } else {
                     ff_thread_await_progress(s->last_pic.tf, mb_y, 0);
                 }
-                is_intra_likely += s->mecc.sad[0](NULL, last_mb_ptr, mb_ptr,
-                                                  linesize[0], 16);
+                is_intra_likely += s->sad(NULL, last_mb_ptr, mb_ptr,
+                                          linesize[0], 16);
                 // FIXME need await_progress() here
-                is_intra_likely -= s->mecc.sad[0](NULL, last_mb_ptr,
-                                                  last_mb_ptr + linesize[0] * 16,
-                                                  linesize[0], 16);
+                is_intra_likely -= s->sad(NULL, last_mb_ptr,
+                                          last_mb_ptr + linesize[0] * 16,
+                                          linesize[0], 16);
             } else {
                 if (IS_INTRA(s->cur_pic.mb_type[mb_xy]))
                    is_intra_likely++;
@@ -790,7 +790,9 @@ void ff_er_frame_start(ERContext *s)
         return;
 
     if (!s->mecc_inited) {
-        ff_me_cmp_init(&s->mecc, s->avctx);
+        MECmpContext mecc;
+        ff_me_cmp_init(&mecc, s->avctx);
+        s->sad = mecc.sad[0];
         s->mecc_inited = 1;
     }
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/error_resilience.h b/libavcodec/error_resilience.h
index 2187586618..53e5cf2621 100644
--- a/libavcodec/error_resilience.h
+++ b/libavcodec/error_resilience.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ typedef struct ERPicture {
 
 typedef struct ERContext {
     AVCodecContext *avctx;
-    MECmpContext mecc;
+
+    me_cmp_func sad;
     int mecc_inited;
 
     int *mb_index2xy;