--- a/a52/pcm_a52.c
+++ b/a52/pcm_a52.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,20 @@ SND_PCM_PLUGIN_DEFINE_FUNC(a52)
 #ifdef SND_PCM_IOPLUG_FLAG_BOUNDARY_WA
 	rec->io.flags = SND_PCM_IOPLUG_FLAG_BOUNDARY_WA;
 #endif
-#ifdef USE_AVCODEC_FRAME
+#if defined(USE_AVCODEC_FRAME) && LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(61, 13, 100)
+	{
+		const enum AVSampleFormat *fmts = NULL;
+
+		if (avcodec_get_supported_config(NULL, rec->codec,
+				AV_CODEC_CONFIG_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 0,
+				(const void **)&fmts, NULL) < 0 || !fmts) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		rec->av_format = fmts[0];
+	}
+	rec->is_planar = av_sample_fmt_is_planar(rec->av_format);
+#elif defined(USE_AVCODEC_FRAME)
 	rec->av_format = rec->codec->sample_fmts[0];
 	rec->is_planar = av_sample_fmt_is_planar(rec->av_format);
 #else