diff --git a/libavcodec/escape130.c b/libavcodec/escape130.c
index 67373c3470..ee1eafe861 100644
--- a/libavcodec/escape130.c
+++ b/libavcodec/escape130.c
@@ -355,5 +355,5 @@ const AVCodec ff_escape130_decoder = {
     .close          = escape130_decode_close,
     .decode         = escape130_decode_frame,
     .capabilities   = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1,
-    .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
+    .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_THREADSAFE | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
 };