diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index f79735bc18..db68c05722 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -776,8 +776,6 @@ void ff_h264_flush_change(H264Context *h)
     h->frame_recovered = 0;
     h->current_slice = 0;
     h->mmco_reset = 1;
-    for (i = 0; i < h->nb_slice_ctx; i++)
-        h->slice_ctx[i].list_count = 0;
 }
 
 /* forget old pics after a seek */
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_refs.c b/libavcodec/h264_refs.c
index 7fafb826d7..6bac897a34 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_refs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_refs.c
@@ -581,11 +581,6 @@ void ff_h264_remove_all_refs(H264Context *h)
     h->short_ref_count = 0;
 
     memset(h->default_ref, 0, sizeof(h->default_ref));
-    for (i = 0; i < h->nb_slice_ctx; i++) {
-        H264SliceContext *sl = &h->slice_ctx[i];
-        sl->list_count = sl->ref_count[0] = sl->ref_count[1] = 0;
-        memset(sl->ref_list, 0, sizeof(sl->ref_list));
-    }
 }
 
 static void generate_sliding_window_mmcos(H264Context *h)