diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index ee7367089f..53c0c2281f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1016,9 +1016,8 @@ static int setup_hwaccel(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     int ret        = 0;
 
     if (avctx->active_thread_type & FF_THREAD_FRAME) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
-               "Hardware accelerated decoding with frame threading is not supported.\n");
-        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING,
+               "Hardware accelerated decoding with frame threading is known to be unstable and its use is discourage.\n");
     }
 
     if (!hwa) {