diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index add660bcb8..8c07c94610 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -2765,16 +2765,6 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                 input_streams[j + ifile->ist_index]->start = av_gettime_relative();
     }
 
-    /* output stream init */
-    for (i = 0; i < nb_output_files; i++) {
-        oc = output_files[i]->ctx;
-        if (!oc->nb_streams && !(oc->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOSTREAMS)) {
-            av_dump_format(oc, i, oc->filename, 1);
-            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Output file #%d does not contain any stream\n", i);
-            return AVERROR(EINVAL);
-        }
-    }
-
     /* init complex filtergraphs */
     for (i = 0; i < nb_filtergraphs; i++)
         if ((ret = avfilter_graph_config(filtergraphs[i]->graph, NULL)) < 0)
diff --git a/ffmpeg_opt.c b/ffmpeg_opt.c
index 91100447d1..b9a5c39e12 100644
--- a/ffmpeg_opt.c
+++ b/ffmpeg_opt.c
@@ -2150,6 +2150,12 @@ loop_end:
                 exit_program(1);
     }
 
+    if (!oc->nb_streams && !(oc->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOSTREAMS)) {
+        av_dump_format(oc, nb_output_files - 1, oc->filename, 1);
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Output file #%d does not contain any stream\n", nb_output_files - 1);
+        exit_program(1);
+    }
+
     /* check if all codec options have been used */
     unused_opts = strip_specifiers(o->g->codec_opts);
     for (i = of->ost_index; i < nb_output_streams; i++) {