diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.c b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
index 9b2b2bb..c4e480b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static const AVOption aacenc_options[] = {
         {"auto",     "Selected by the Encoder", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = -1 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "stereo_mode"},
         {"ms_off",   "Disable Mid/Side coding", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 =  0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "stereo_mode"},
         {"ms_force", "Force Mid/Side for the whole frame if possible", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 =  1 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AACENC_FLAGS, "stereo_mode"},
-    {"aac_coder", "", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.aac_coder), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 2}, 0, AAC_CODER_NB-1, AACENC_FLAGS},
+    {"aac_coder", "", offsetof(AACEncContext, options.aac_coder), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, AAC_CODER_NB-1, AACENC_FLAGS},
     {NULL}
 };