diff --git a/libavformat/demux.c b/libavformat/demux.c
index 1ef297d5e7..b218f64574 100644
--- a/libavformat/demux.c
+++ b/libavformat/demux.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"
 #include "libavcodec/bsf.h"
+#include "libavcodec/codec_desc.h"
 #include "libavcodec/internal.h"
 #include "libavcodec/packet_internal.h"
 #include "libavcodec/raw.h"
diff --git a/libavformat/internal.h b/libavformat/internal.h
index 9fc980601f..594afd731d 100644
--- a/libavformat/internal.h
+++ b/libavformat/internal.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "libavcodec/codec_desc.h"
 #include "libavcodec/packet_internal.h"
 
 #include "avformat.h"
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ typedef struct FFStream {
     int64_t first_dts;
     int64_t cur_dts;
 
-    const AVCodecDescriptor *codec_desc;
+    const struct AVCodecDescriptor *codec_desc;
 } FFStream;
 
 static av_always_inline FFStream *ffstream(AVStream *st)