diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index ed37ee19a4..55171311ed 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ libavutil:     2021-04-27
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2021-xx-xx - xxxxxxxxxx - lavc 59.1.100 - avcodec.h codec.h
+  Move av_get_profile_name() from avcodec.h to codec.h.
+
 2021-xx-xx - xxxxxxxxxx - lavc 59.1.100 - avcodec.h codec_par.h
   Move av_get_audio_frame_duration2() from avcodec.h to codec_par.h.
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index eed4e5b777..dabd60386e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -3055,15 +3055,6 @@ enum AVPixelFormat avcodec_default_get_format(struct AVCodecContext *s, const en
 
 void avcodec_string(char *buf, int buf_size, AVCodecContext *enc, int encode);
 
-/**
- * Return a name for the specified profile, if available.
- *
- * @param codec the codec that is searched for the given profile
- * @param profile the profile value for which a name is requested
- * @return A name for the profile if found, NULL otherwise.
- */
-const char *av_get_profile_name(const AVCodec *codec, int profile);
-
 int avcodec_default_execute(AVCodecContext *c, int (*func)(AVCodecContext *c2, void *arg2),void *arg, int *ret, int count, int size);
 int avcodec_default_execute2(AVCodecContext *c, int (*func)(AVCodecContext *c2, void *arg2, int, int),void *arg, int *ret, int count);
 //FIXME func typedef
diff --git a/libavcodec/codec.h b/libavcodec/codec.h
index c8653e3b31..cedd106953 100644
--- a/libavcodec/codec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/codec.h
@@ -402,6 +402,15 @@ int av_codec_is_encoder(const AVCodec *codec);
  */
 int av_codec_is_decoder(const AVCodec *codec);
 
+/**
+ * Return a name for the specified profile, if available.
+ *
+ * @param codec the codec that is searched for the given profile
+ * @param profile the profile value for which a name is requested
+ * @return A name for the profile if found, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+const char *av_get_profile_name(const AVCodec *codec, int profile);
+
 enum {
     /**
      * The codec supports this format via the hw_device_ctx interface.