diff --git a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
index e9178843b6..0035dc6e1c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
+++ b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
 
+#if FF_API_GETCHROMA
 void avcodec_get_chroma_sub_sample(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt, int *h_shift, int *v_shift)
 {
     const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(pix_fmt);
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ void avcodec_get_chroma_sub_sample(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt, int *h_shift, int
     *h_shift = desc->log2_chroma_w;
     *v_shift = desc->log2_chroma_h;
 }
+#endif
 
 int avcodec_get_pix_fmt_loss(enum AVPixelFormat dst_pix_fmt,
                              enum AVPixelFormat src_pix_fmt,
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 2dc83ba87c..61b3c545ca 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 #endif
 #ifndef FF_API_AVCODEC_RESAMPLE
 #define FF_API_AVCODEC_RESAMPLE  FF_API_AUDIO_CONVERT
+#ifndef FF_API_GETCHROMA
+#define FF_API_GETCHROMA         (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
 #endif
 #ifndef FF_API_MISSING_SAMPLE
 #define FF_API_MISSING_SAMPLE    (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)