diff --git a/libavcodec/pthread.c b/libavcodec/pthread.c
index d0c92f4f82..8ae494b0b5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pthread.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pthread.c
@@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ void ff_thread_flush(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     if (fctx->prev_thread) {
         if (fctx->prev_thread != &fctx->threads[0])
             update_context_from_thread(fctx->threads[0].avctx, fctx->prev_thread->avctx, 0);
+        if (avctx->codec->flush)
+            avctx->codec->flush(fctx->threads[0].avctx);
     }
 
     fctx->next_decoding = fctx->next_finished = 0;
@@ -896,9 +898,6 @@ void ff_thread_flush(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         p->got_frame = 0;
 
         release_delayed_buffers(p);
-
-        if (avctx->codec->flush)
-            avctx->codec->flush(p->avctx);
     }
 }