diff --git a/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c b/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c
index a7f2d8ae9b..cc954fcc63 100644
--- a/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int yuv4_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P16:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P16:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P16:
-        if (s->streams[0]->codec->strict_std_compliance >= FF_COMPLIANCE_NORMAL) {
+        if (s->strict_std_compliance >= FF_COMPLIANCE_NORMAL) {
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "'%s' is not a official yuv4mpegpipe pixel format. "
                    "Use '-strict -1' to encode to this pixel format.\n",
                    av_get_pix_fmt_name(s->streams[0]->codec->pix_fmt));