diff --git a/libavcodec/libx265.c b/libavcodec/libx265.c
index d51a98ca41..d37fa1554c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libx265.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libx265.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static av_cold int libx265_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     if (!ctx->encoder) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot open libx265 encoder.\n");
         libx265_encode_close(avctx);
-        return AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
 
     ret = x265_encoder_headers(ctx->encoder, &nal, &nnal);
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 20607937a1..f805a64bf2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 55
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  52
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 101
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \