diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_mp4toannexb_bsf.c b/libavcodec/h264_mp4toannexb_bsf.c
index e0c1385f07..739ff95cfd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_mp4toannexb_bsf.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_mp4toannexb_bsf.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 typedef struct H264BSFContext {
     uint8_t  length_size;
-    uint8_t  first_idr;
+    uint8_t  new_idr;
     uint8_t  idr_sps_pps_seen;
     int      extradata_parsed;
 } H264BSFContext;
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int h264_mp4toannexb_filter(AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc,
         if (ret < 0)
             return ret;
         ctx->length_size      = ret;
-        ctx->first_idr        = 1;
+        ctx->new_idr          = 1;
         ctx->idr_sps_pps_seen = 0;
         ctx->extradata_parsed = 1;
     }
@@ -182,22 +182,22 @@ static int h264_mp4toannexb_filter(AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc,
         /* if this is a new IDR picture following an IDR picture, reset the idr flag.
          * Just check first_mb_in_slice to be 0 as this is the simplest solution.
          * This could be checking idr_pic_id instead, but would complexify the parsing. */
-        if (!ctx->first_idr && unit_type == 5 && (buf[1] & 0x80))
-            ctx->first_idr = 1;
+        if (!ctx->new_idr && unit_type == 5 && (buf[1] & 0x80))
+            ctx->new_idr = 1;
 
         /* prepend only to the first type 5 NAL unit of an IDR picture, if no sps/pps are already present */
-        if (ctx->first_idr && unit_type == 5 && !ctx->idr_sps_pps_seen) {
+        if (ctx->new_idr && unit_type == 5 && !ctx->idr_sps_pps_seen) {
             if ((ret=alloc_and_copy(poutbuf, poutbuf_size,
                                avctx->extradata, avctx->extradata_size,
                                buf, nal_size)) < 0)
                 goto fail;
-            ctx->first_idr = 0;
+            ctx->new_idr = 0;
         } else {
             if ((ret=alloc_and_copy(poutbuf, poutbuf_size,
                                NULL, 0, buf, nal_size)) < 0)
                 goto fail;
-            if (!ctx->first_idr && unit_type == 1) {
-                ctx->first_idr = 1;
+            if (!ctx->new_idr && unit_type == 1) {
+                ctx->new_idr = 1;
                 ctx->idr_sps_pps_seen = 0;
             }
         }