diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-output.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-output.c
index 87eac9174..aa715a12c 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-output.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-output.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static bool create_video_stream(struct ffmpeg_data *data)
 	context->pix_fmt        = closest_format;
 	context->colorspace     = data->config.color_space;
 	context->color_range    = data->config.color_range;
+	context->thread_count   = 0;
 
 	data->video->time_base = context->time_base;