diff --git a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
index aa7f89e3cc..85d1fba6b9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static int vp8_encode(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
     { "crf",              "Select the quality for constant quality mode", offsetof(VP8Context, crf), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 63, VE }, \
 
 #define LEGACY_OPTIONS \
-    {"speed", "", offsetof(VP8Context, cpu_used), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 3}, -16, 16, VE}, \
+    {"speed", "", offsetof(VP8Context, cpu_used), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, -16, 16, VE}, \
     {"quality", "", offsetof(VP8Context, deadline), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = VPX_DL_GOOD_QUALITY}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "quality"}, \
     {"vp8flags", "", offsetof(VP8Context, flags), FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.i64 = 0}, 0, UINT_MAX, VE, "flags"}, \
     {"error_resilient", "enable error resilience", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.dbl = VP8F_ERROR_RESILIENT}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE, "flags"}, \