diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
index e7bbdfda0a..1dd19d659f 100644
--- a/libavformat/hls.c
+++ b/libavformat/hls.c
@@ -1344,6 +1344,11 @@ static int hls_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         }
         pls->ctx->pb       = &pls->pb;
         pls->stream_offset = stream_offset;
+
+        av_assert0(!pls->ctx->codec_whitelist && !pls->ctx->format_whitelist);
+        pls->ctx-> codec_whitelist = av_strdup(s->codec_whitelist);
+        pls->ctx->format_whitelist = av_strdup(s->format_whitelist);
+
         ret = avformat_open_input(&pls->ctx, pls->segments[0]->url, in_fmt, NULL);
         if (ret < 0)
             goto fail;