diff --git a/libswscale/swscale.c b/libswscale/swscale.c
index 2db40a6807..4b577ef263 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static av_cold void sws_init_swscale(SwsContext *c)
         c->needs_hcscale = 1;
 }
 
-SwsFunc ff_getSwsFunc(SwsContext *c)
+void ff_sws_init_scale(SwsContext *c)
 {
     sws_init_swscale(c);
 
@@ -591,8 +591,6 @@ SwsFunc ff_getSwsFunc(SwsContext *c)
         ff_sws_init_swscale_aarch64(c);
     if (ARCH_ARM)
         ff_sws_init_swscale_arm(c);
-
-    return swscale;
 }
 
 static void reset_ptr(const uint8_t *src[], enum AVPixelFormat format)
@@ -988,7 +986,11 @@ int attribute_align_arg sws_scale(struct SwsContext *c,
     /* reset slice direction at end of frame */
     if (srcSliceY_internal + srcSliceH == c->srcH)
         c->sliceDir = 0;
-    ret = c->swscale(c, src2, srcStride2, srcSliceY_internal, srcSliceH, dst2, dstStride2);
+
+    if (c->swscale)
+        ret = c->swscale(c, src2, srcStride2, srcSliceY_internal, srcSliceH, dst2, dstStride2);
+    else
+        ret = swscale(c, src2, srcStride2, srcSliceY_internal, srcSliceH, dst2, dstStride2);
 
     if (c->dstXYZ && !(c->srcXYZ && c->srcW==c->dstW && c->srcH==c->dstH)) {
         int dstY = c->dstY ? c->dstY : srcSliceY + srcSliceH;
diff --git a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
index 9304a5ef42..193bc383e1 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
+++ b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
@@ -878,11 +878,7 @@ void ff_get_unscaled_swscale_ppc(SwsContext *c);
 void ff_get_unscaled_swscale_arm(SwsContext *c);
 void ff_get_unscaled_swscale_aarch64(SwsContext *c);
 
-/**
- * Return function pointer to fastest main scaler path function depending
- * on architecture and available optimizations.
- */
-SwsFunc ff_getSwsFunc(SwsContext *c);
+void ff_sws_init_scale(SwsContext *c);
 
 void ff_sws_init_input_funcs(SwsContext *c);
 void ff_sws_init_output_funcs(SwsContext *c,
diff --git a/libswscale/utils.c b/libswscale/utils.c
index 974e2d5179..aab7cdb2a2 100644
--- a/libswscale/utils.c
+++ b/libswscale/utils.c
@@ -1847,7 +1847,8 @@ av_cold int sws_init_context(SwsContext *c, SwsFilter *srcFilter,
         }
     }
 
-    c->swscale = ff_getSwsFunc(c);
+    ff_sws_init_scale(c);
+
     return ff_init_filters(c);
 nomem:
     ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
diff --git a/tests/checkasm/sw_scale.c b/tests/checkasm/sw_scale.c
index 3ac0f9082f..40c5eb3aa8 100644
--- a/tests/checkasm/sw_scale.c
+++ b/tests/checkasm/sw_scale.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void check_yuv2yuvX(void)
     if (sws_init_context(ctx, NULL, NULL) < 0)
         fail();
 
-    ff_getSwsFunc(ctx);
+    ff_sws_init_scale(ctx);
     for(isi = 0; isi < INPUT_SIZES; ++isi){
         dstW = input_sizes[isi];
         for(osi = 0; osi < 64; osi += 16){
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void check_hscale(void)
 
                 filter[SRC_PIXELS * width + i] = rnd();
             }
-            ff_getSwsFunc(ctx);
+            ff_sws_init_scale(ctx);
 
             if (check_func(ctx->hcScale, "hscale_%d_to_%d_width%d", ctx->srcBpc, ctx->dstBpc + 1, width)) {
                 memset(dst0, 0, SRC_PIXELS * sizeof(dst0[0]));