diff --git a/libavcodec/nvdec.h b/libavcodec/nvdec.h
index 90578d5a1c4ee851a01c6289021030dc1c880682..85a0fcf7259cbe87a0fbfa786e94019c52dc8ce7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nvdec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/nvdec.h
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
 
 #include "avcodec.h"
 
+#if defined(NVDECAPI_MAJOR_VERSION) && defined(NVDECAPI_MINOR_VERSION)
+# define NVDECAPI_CHECK_VERSION(major, minor) \
+    ((major) < NVDECAPI_MAJOR_VERSION || ((major) == NVDECAPI_MAJOR_VERSION && (minor) <= NVDECAPI_MINOR_VERSION))
+#else
+/* version macros were added in SDK 8.1 ffnvcodec */
+# define NVDECAPI_CHECK_VERSION(major, minor) \
+    ((major) < 8 || ((major) == 8 && (minor) <= 0))
+#endif
+
 typedef struct NVDECFrame {
     unsigned int idx;
     AVBufferRef *idx_ref;
diff --git a/libavcodec/nvdec_hevc.c b/libavcodec/nvdec_hevc.c
index ba54d210e820a50aacd419ee26593064eda75cf6..e89256d75a9119394c5406c8dfc4bd43327d0a50 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nvdec_hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nvdec_hevc.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int nvdec_hevc_start_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             .log2_diff_max_min_pcm_luma_coding_block_size = sps->pcm.log2_max_pcm_cb_size - sps->pcm.log2_min_pcm_cb_size,
             .pcm_sample_bit_depth_luma_minus1             = sps->pcm_enabled_flag ? sps->pcm.bit_depth - 1 : 0,
             .pcm_sample_bit_depth_chroma_minus1           = sps->pcm_enabled_flag ? sps->pcm.bit_depth_chroma - 1 : 0,
-#if defined(NVDECAPI_VERSION) && NVDECAPI_VERSION >= 0x01000008
+#if NVDECAPI_CHECK_VERSION(8, 1)
             .log2_max_transform_skip_block_size_minus2    = pps->log2_max_transform_skip_block_size - 2,
             .log2_sao_offset_scale_luma                   = pps->log2_sao_offset_scale_luma,
             .log2_sao_offset_scale_chroma                 = pps->log2_sao_offset_scale_chroma,
diff --git a/libavcodec/nvenc.c b/libavcodec/nvenc.c
index 9d07c260d03515b732e34e12923e9066b8c70e25..c14112c3663dc95c581ca193e2aa3b09581be6f8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nvenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nvenc.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int nvenc_print_error(void *log_ctx, NVENCSTATUS err,
 
 static void nvenc_print_driver_requirement(AVCodecContext *avctx, int level)
 {
-#if NVENCAPI_VERSION >= 0x01000008
+#if NVENCAPI_CHECK_VERSION(8, 1)
 # if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
     const char *minver = "390.77";
 # else
diff --git a/libavcodec/nvenc.h b/libavcodec/nvenc.h
index 2d6e78173933642f6ec58178b6634b68dcffd6c0..c7506d6a1526f2037d3a922c26146f1ace513953 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nvenc.h
+++ b/libavcodec/nvenc.h
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ typedef void ID3D11Device;
 #define RC_MODE_DEPRECATED 0x800000
 #define RCD(rc_mode) ((rc_mode) | RC_MODE_DEPRECATED)
 
+#define NVENCAPI_CHECK_VERSION(major, minor) \
+    ((major) < NVENCAPI_MAJOR_VERSION || ((major) == NVENCAPI_MAJOR_VERSION && (minor) <= NVENCAPI_MINOR_VERSION))
+
 // SDK 8.1 compile time feature checks
-#if NVENCAPI_VERSION >= 0x01000008
+#if NVENCAPI_CHECK_VERSION(8, 1)
 #define NVENC_HAVE_BFRAME_REF_MODE
 #define NVENC_HAVE_QP_MAP_MODE
 #endif