diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.c b/libavcodec/avcodec.c
index 5d85ed234b..ff3d73e237 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ void avcodec_flush_buffers(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     avctx->pts_correction_last_pts =
     avctx->pts_correction_last_dts = INT64_MIN;
 
-    if (av_codec_is_decoder(avctx->codec))
+    if (avci->bsf)
         av_bsf_flush(avci->bsf);
 }