diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c b/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
index 7133696f3c..dad1970f6c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,6 @@ static av_cold int mpeg_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     /* we need some permutation to store matrices,
      * until the decoder sets the real permutation. */
     ff_mpv_idct_init(s2);
-    ff_mpeg12_common_init(&s->mpeg_enc_ctx);
     ff_mpeg12_init_vlcs();
 
     s2->chroma_format              = 1;
@@ -3075,7 +3074,6 @@ static av_cold int ipu_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     ff_mpv_decode_init(m, avctx);
     ff_mpv_idct_init(m);
-    ff_mpeg12_common_init(m);
     ff_mpeg12_init_vlcs();
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {