diff --git a/libavcodec/nvenc_hevc.c b/libavcodec/nvenc_hevc.c
index 007099242a..2c8b2197cf 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nvenc_hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nvenc_hevc.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "middle",       "",                                   0,                    AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = 2 }, 0, 0,       VE, "b_ref_mode" },
 #endif
     { "a53cc",        "Use A53 Closed Captions (if available)", OFFSET(a53_cc),   AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,  { .i64 = 1 }, 0, 1,       VE },
-    { "s12m_tc",      "Use timecode (if available)",        OFFSET(s12m_tc),      AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,  { .i64 = 1 }, 0, 1,       VE },
+    { "s12m_tc",      "Use timecode (if available)",        OFFSET(s12m_tc),      AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,  { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1,       VE },
     { "dpb_size",     "Specifies the DPB size used for encoding (0 means automatic)",
                                                             OFFSET(dpb_size),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, VE },
 #ifdef NVENC_HAVE_MULTIPASS