diff --git a/libavcodec/options.c b/libavcodec/options.c
index c4ee234766..461e4a13f0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options.c
+++ b/libavcodec/options.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ int avcodec_copy_context(AVCodecContext *dest, const AVCodecContext *src)
     av_opt_free(dest);
 
     memcpy(dest, src, sizeof(*dest));
+    av_opt_copy(dest, src);
 
     dest->priv_data       = orig_priv_data;