diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index 2061c27abe..90faf4dd94 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static void avconv_cleanup(int ret)
 
         av_frame_free(&ist->decoded_frame);
         av_frame_free(&ist->filter_frame);
-        av_dict_free(&ist->opts);
+        av_dict_free(&ist->decoder_opts);
         av_freep(&ist->filters);
         av_freep(&ist->hwaccel_device);
 
@@ -1566,9 +1566,9 @@ static int init_input_stream(int ist_index, char *error, int error_len)
 
         av_opt_set_int(ist->st->codec, "refcounted_frames", 1, 0);
 
-        if (!av_dict_get(ist->opts, "threads", NULL, 0))
-            av_dict_set(&ist->opts, "threads", "auto", 0);
-        if ((ret = avcodec_open2(ist->st->codec, codec, &ist->opts)) < 0) {
+        if (!av_dict_get(ist->decoder_opts, "threads", NULL, 0))
+            av_dict_set(&ist->decoder_opts, "threads", "auto", 0);
+        if ((ret = avcodec_open2(ist->st->codec, codec, &ist->decoder_opts)) < 0) {
             char errbuf[128];
             if (ret == AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL)
                 abort_codec_experimental(codec, 0);
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ static int init_input_stream(int ist_index, char *error, int error_len)
                      ist->file_index, ist->st->index, errbuf);
             return ret;
         }
-        assert_avoptions(ist->opts);
+        assert_avoptions(ist->decoder_opts);
     }
 
     ist->last_dts = ist->st->avg_frame_rate.num ? - ist->st->codec->has_b_frames * AV_TIME_BASE / av_q2d(ist->st->avg_frame_rate) : 0;
diff --git a/avconv.h b/avconv.h
index 5e23714838..6ea6196243 100644
--- a/avconv.h
+++ b/avconv.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ typedef struct InputStream {
     PtsCorrectionContext pts_ctx;
     double ts_scale;
     int showed_multi_packet_warning;
-    AVDictionary *opts;
+    AVDictionary *decoder_opts;
     AVRational framerate;               /* framerate forced with -r */
 
     int resample_height;
diff --git a/avconv_opt.c b/avconv_opt.c
index ae6c48b39d..22f598e9fd 100644
--- a/avconv_opt.c
+++ b/avconv_opt.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static void add_input_streams(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *ic)
         }
 
         ist->dec = choose_decoder(o, ic, st);
-        ist->opts = filter_codec_opts(o->g->codec_opts, ist->st->codec->codec_id, ic, st, ist->dec);
+        ist->decoder_opts = filter_codec_opts(o->g->codec_opts, ist->st->codec->codec_id, ic, st, ist->dec);
 
         switch (dec->codec_type) {
         case AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO:
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static int open_input_file(OptionsContext *o, const char *filename)
     unused_opts = strip_specifiers(o->g->codec_opts);
     for (i = f->ist_index; i < nb_input_streams; i++) {
         e = NULL;
-        while ((e = av_dict_get(input_streams[i]->opts, "", e,
+        while ((e = av_dict_get(input_streams[i]->decoder_opts, "", e,
                                 AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX)))
             av_dict_set(&unused_opts, e->key, NULL, 0);
     }