diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index b79133f981d4dce22d68ddbe0fd338fad301a84e..aabad332b5984260675bb9b1167a08aa105e450f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -2082,13 +2082,13 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
      */
     int max_qdiff;
 
+#if FF_API_MPV_OPT
     /**
-     * ratecontrol qmin qmax limiting method
-     * 0-> clipping, 1-> use a nice continuous function to limit qscale wthin qmin/qmax.
-     * - encoding: Set by user.
-     * - decoding: unused
+     * @deprecated use encoder private options instead
      */
+    attribute_deprecated
     float rc_qsquish;
+#endif
 
     float rc_qmod_amp;
     int rc_qmod_freq;
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
index 6df828837ac340494919434e62936a2ffe12ebd7..56e92429429e789a98507a0e9d7fe72bf4ccd46c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
@@ -628,6 +628,12 @@ typedef struct MpegEncContext {
     int mpv_flags;      ///< flags set by private options
     int quantizer_noise_shaping;
 
+    /**
+     * ratecontrol qmin qmax limiting method
+     * 0-> clipping, 1-> use a nice continuous function to limit qscale wthin qmin/qmax.
+     */
+    float rc_qsquish;
+
     /* temp buffers for rate control */
     float *cplx_tab, *bits_tab;
 
@@ -672,7 +678,9 @@ typedef struct MpegEncContext {
                                                                       FF_MPV_OFFSET(chroma_elim_threshold), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FF_MPV_OPT_FLAGS },\
 { "quantizer_noise_shaping", NULL,                                  FF_MPV_OFFSET(quantizer_noise_shaping), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 },       0, INT_MAX, FF_MPV_OPT_FLAGS },\
 { "error_rate", "Simulate errors in the bitstream to test error concealment.",                                                                                                  \
-                                                                    FF_MPV_OFFSET(error_rate),              AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 },       0, INT_MAX, FF_MPV_OPT_FLAGS },
+                                                                    FF_MPV_OFFSET(error_rate),              AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 },       0, INT_MAX, FF_MPV_OPT_FLAGS },\
+{"qsquish", "how to keep quantizer between qmin and qmax (0 = clip, 1 = use differentiable function)",                                                                          \
+                                                                    FF_MPV_OFFSET(rc_qsquish), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl = 0 }, 0, 99, FF_MPV_OPT_FLAGS},
 
 extern const AVOption ff_mpv_generic_options[];
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
index 17322e5046a08203b692c77ef3e00ed34bf0aa1e..5c327eaf442e7a20d5d8cb8338d821fde599b6e9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
@@ -822,6 +822,13 @@ av_cold int ff_mpv_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 #endif
 
+#if FF_API_MPV_OPT
+    FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
+    if (avctx->rc_qsquish != 0.0)
+        s->rc_qsquish = avctx->rc_qsquish;
+    FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
+#endif
+
     if (avctx->b_frame_strategy == 2) {
         for (i = 0; i < s->max_b_frames + 2; i++) {
             s->tmp_frames[i] = av_frame_alloc();
diff --git a/libavcodec/options_table.h b/libavcodec/options_table.h
index 0b0ebb1e49e428fd011d25740a5f6200c9a0cd96..e9393fc908d2224caa6676289bd1ab9280ae18ee 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options_table.h
+++ b/libavcodec/options_table.h
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ static const AVOption avcodec_options[] = {
 {"has_b_frames", NULL, OFFSET(has_b_frames), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
 {"block_align", NULL, OFFSET(block_align), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
 {"mpeg_quant", "use MPEG quantizers instead of H.263", OFFSET(mpeg_quant), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
-{"qsquish", "how to keep quantizer between qmin and qmax (0 = clip, 1 = use differentiable function)", OFFSET(rc_qsquish), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, 0, 99, V|E},
+#if FF_API_MPV_OPT
+{"qsquish", "deprecated, use encoder private options instead", OFFSET(rc_qsquish), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, 0, 99, V|E},
+#endif
 {"rc_qmod_amp", "experimental quantizer modulation", OFFSET(rc_qmod_amp), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, -FLT_MAX, FLT_MAX, V|E},
 {"rc_qmod_freq", "experimental quantizer modulation", OFFSET(rc_qmod_freq), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"rc_override_count", NULL, OFFSET(rc_override_count), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
diff --git a/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c b/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
index 70d9787d0c5e26d996a4e2755da56d64f8f84e18..fcc5c6030ab3b0c838343f98ccd5b12808fefad8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static double modify_qscale(MpegEncContext *s, RateControlEntry *rce,
     av_dlog(s, "q:%f max:%f min:%f size:%f index:%f agr:%f\n",
             q, max_rate, min_rate, buffer_size, rcc->buffer_index,
             s->avctx->rc_buffer_aggressivity);
-    if (s->avctx->rc_qsquish == 0.0 || qmin == qmax) {
+    if (s->rc_qsquish == 0.0 || qmin == qmax) {
         if (q < qmin)
             q = qmin;
         else if (q > qmax)
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 6b5f6dcace697e90894a59ac21cb6c32d599bc6a..20c7135d913d9ee3ebe825e3b6d2dad09409b234 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -159,5 +159,8 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_AVCTX_TIMEBASE
 #define FF_API_AVCTX_TIMEBASE    (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 59)
 #endif
+#ifndef FF_API_MPV_OPT
+#define FF_API_MPV_OPT           (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 59)
+#endif
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_VERSION_H */