diff --git a/libavcodec/cri.c b/libavcodec/cri.c
index 6932bb6745..56ec485f7a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/cri.c
+++ b/libavcodec/cri.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #define BITSTREAM_READER_LE
 
+#include "libavutil/attributes_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/intfloat.h"
 #include "libavutil/display.h"
 #include "avcodec.h"
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ typedef struct CRIContext {
 static av_cold int cri_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     CRIContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
-    const AVCodec *codec;
     int ret;
 
     s->jpgframe = av_frame_alloc();
@@ -62,16 +62,14 @@ static av_cold int cri_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     if (!s->jpkt)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
-    codec = avcodec_find_decoder(AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG);
-    if (!codec)
-        return AVERROR_BUG;
-    s->jpeg_avctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
+    EXTERN const FFCodec ff_mjpeg_decoder;
+    s->jpeg_avctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(&ff_mjpeg_decoder.p);
     if (!s->jpeg_avctx)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     s->jpeg_avctx->flags = avctx->flags;
     s->jpeg_avctx->flags2 = avctx->flags2;
     s->jpeg_avctx->idct_algo = avctx->idct_algo;
-    ret = avcodec_open2(s->jpeg_avctx, codec, NULL);
+    ret = avcodec_open2(s->jpeg_avctx, NULL, NULL);
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/tdsc.c b/libavcodec/tdsc.c
index ab0a70859b..225ddf3701 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tdsc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tdsc.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <zlib.h>
 
+#include "libavutil/attributes_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"
 
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ static av_cold int tdsc_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 static av_cold int tdsc_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     TDSCContext *ctx = avctx->priv_data;
-    const AVCodec *codec;
     int ret;
 
     avctx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_BGR24;
@@ -120,16 +120,14 @@ static av_cold int tdsc_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
     /* Prepare everything needed for JPEG decoding */
-    codec = avcodec_find_decoder(AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG);
-    if (!codec)
-        return AVERROR_BUG;
-    ctx->jpeg_avctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
+    EXTERN const FFCodec ff_mjpeg_decoder;
+    ctx->jpeg_avctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(&ff_mjpeg_decoder.p);
     if (!ctx->jpeg_avctx)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     ctx->jpeg_avctx->flags = avctx->flags;
     ctx->jpeg_avctx->flags2 = avctx->flags2;
     ctx->jpeg_avctx->idct_algo = avctx->idct_algo;
-    ret = avcodec_open2(ctx->jpeg_avctx, codec, NULL);
+    ret = avcodec_open2(ctx->jpeg_avctx, NULL, NULL);
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/tiff.c b/libavcodec/tiff.c
index 37b56e9757..e515845a83 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tiff.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tiff.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <float.h>
 
 #include "libavutil/attributes.h"
+#include "libavutil/attributes_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/error.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
@@ -2409,7 +2410,6 @@ again:
 static av_cold int tiff_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     TiffContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
-    const AVCodec *codec;
     int ret;
 
     s->width  = 0;
@@ -2429,17 +2429,15 @@ static av_cold int tiff_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
     /* Prepare everything needed for JPEG decoding */
-    codec = avcodec_find_decoder(AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG);
-    if (!codec)
-        return AVERROR_BUG;
-    s->avctx_mjpeg = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
+    EXTERN const FFCodec ff_mjpeg_decoder;
+    s->avctx_mjpeg = avcodec_alloc_context3(&ff_mjpeg_decoder.p);
     if (!s->avctx_mjpeg)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     s->avctx_mjpeg->flags = avctx->flags;
     s->avctx_mjpeg->flags2 = avctx->flags2;
     s->avctx_mjpeg->idct_algo = avctx->idct_algo;
     s->avctx_mjpeg->max_pixels = avctx->max_pixels;
-    ret = avcodec_open2(s->avctx_mjpeg, codec, NULL);
+    ret = avcodec_open2(s->avctx_mjpeg, NULL, NULL);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }