diff --git a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
index 5449a88c1b..cf51838bd8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
 #endif
 {"speed", "", offsetof(VP8Context, cpu_used), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 3}, -16, 16, VE},
 {"quality", "", offsetof(VP8Context, deadline), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = VPX_DL_GOOD_QUALITY}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "quality"},
-{"vp8flags", "", offsetof(VP8Context, flags), FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.dbl = 0}, 0, UINT_MAX, VE, "flags"},
+{"vp8flags", "", offsetof(VP8Context, flags), FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.i64 = 0}, 0, UINT_MAX, VE, "flags"},
 {"error_resilient", "enable error resilience", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.dbl = VP8F_ERROR_RESILIENT}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "flags"},
 {"altref", "enable use of alternate reference frames (VP8/2-pass only)", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.dbl = VP8F_AUTO_ALT_REF}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "flags"},
 {"arnr_max_frames", "altref noise reduction max frame count", offsetof(VP8Context, arnr_max_frames), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 15, VE},