diff --git a/libavcodec/h261dec.c b/libavcodec/h261dec.c
index c6440ba902..2dc2fb30f2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h261dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h261dec.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static av_cold void h261_decode_init_vlc(H261Context *h)
         INIT_VLC_STATIC(&h261_cbp_vlc, H261_CBP_VLC_BITS, 63,
                         &ff_h261_cbp_tab[0][1], 2, 1,
                         &ff_h261_cbp_tab[0][0], 2, 1, 512);
-        INIT_VLC_RL(ff_h261_rl_tcoeff, 552);
+        INIT_FIRST_VLC_RL(ff_h261_rl_tcoeff, 552);
     }
 }