diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index a3f98ba01c..5dafd39227 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -2466,6 +2466,7 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
 #define FF_DEBUG_BUFFERS     0x00008000
 #define FF_DEBUG_THREADS     0x00010000
 
+#if FF_API_DEBUG_MV
     /**
      * debug
      * - encoding: Set by user.
@@ -2475,6 +2476,7 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
 #define FF_DEBUG_VIS_MV_P_FOR  0x00000001 //visualize forward predicted MVs of P frames
 #define FF_DEBUG_VIS_MV_B_FOR  0x00000002 //visualize forward predicted MVs of B frames
 #define FF_DEBUG_VIS_MV_B_BACK 0x00000004 //visualize backward predicted MVs of B frames
+#endif
 
     /**
      * Error recognition; may misdetect some more or less valid parts as errors.