diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c b/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
index 0002f016e9..262e213a61 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static int mpeg_decode_mb(MpegEncContext *s, int16_t block[12][64])
         }
 
         s->mb_intra = 0;
+        s->last_dc[0] = s->last_dc[1] = s->last_dc[2] = 128 << s->intra_dc_precision;
         if (HAS_CBP(mb_type)) {
             s->bdsp.clear_blocks(s->block[0]);
 
@@ -1631,6 +1632,7 @@ static int mpeg_decode_slice(MpegEncContext *s, int mb_y,
                 s->mb_intra = 0;
                 for (i = 0; i < 12; i++)
                     s->block_last_index[i] = -1;
+                s->last_dc[0] = s->last_dc[1] = s->last_dc[2] = 128 << s->intra_dc_precision;
                 if (s->picture_structure == PICT_FRAME)
                     s->mv_type = MV_TYPE_16X16;
                 else
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpv_reconstruct_mb_template.c b/libavcodec/mpv_reconstruct_mb_template.c
index dca982ae0f..4db85afef6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpv_reconstruct_mb_template.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpv_reconstruct_mb_template.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void mpv_reconstruct_mb_internal(MpegEncContext *s, int16_t block[12][64],
         if (is_mpeg12 != DEFINITELY_MPEG12_H261 && (s->h263_pred || s->h263_aic)) {
             if (s->mbintra_table[mb_xy])
                 ff_clean_intra_table_entries(s);
-        } else {
+        } else if (IS_ENCODER) {
             s->last_dc[0] =
             s->last_dc[1] =
             s->last_dc[2] = 128 << s->intra_dc_precision;