diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
index ce8df50834fdcc23470a0ba64c531e3a9bc78b71..8adbe217ce7411dc6e98ee1fc919368e683aedd8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ int ff_h264_update_thread_context(AVCodecContext *dst,
     memcpy(h->delayed_pic, h1->delayed_pic, sizeof(h->delayed_pic));
     memcpy(h->last_pocs,   h1->last_pocs,   sizeof(h->last_pocs));
 
-    h->next_output_pic   = h1->next_output_pic;
     h->next_outputed_poc = h1->next_outputed_poc;
 
     memcpy(h->mmco, h1->mmco, sizeof(h->mmco));
@@ -499,8 +498,6 @@ static int h264_frame_start(H264Context *h)
 
     h->cur_pic_ptr->field_poc[0] = h->cur_pic_ptr->field_poc[1] = INT_MAX;
 
-    h->next_output_pic = NULL;
-
     h->postpone_filter = 0;
 
     h->mb_aff_frame = h->ps.sps->mb_aff && (h->picture_structure == PICT_FRAME);
@@ -1143,6 +1140,140 @@ static int h264_export_frame_props(H264Context *h)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int h264_select_output_frame(H264Context *h)
+{
+    const SPS *sps = h->ps.sps;
+    H264Picture *out = h->cur_pic_ptr;
+    H264Picture *cur = h->cur_pic_ptr;
+    int i, pics, out_of_order, out_idx;
+    int invalid = 0, cnt = 0;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (sps->bitstream_restriction_flag ||
+        h->avctx->strict_std_compliance >= FF_COMPLIANCE_NORMAL) {
+        h->avctx->has_b_frames = FFMAX(h->avctx->has_b_frames, sps->num_reorder_frames);
+    }
+
+    pics = 0;
+    while (h->delayed_pic[pics])
+        pics++;
+
+    assert(pics <= MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT);
+
+    h->delayed_pic[pics++] = cur;
+    if (cur->reference == 0)
+        cur->reference = DELAYED_PIC_REF;
+
+    /* Frame reordering. This code takes pictures from coding order and sorts
+     * them by their incremental POC value into display order. It supports POC
+     * gaps, MMCO reset codes and random resets.
+     * A "display group" can start either with a IDR frame (f.key_frame = 1),
+     * and/or can be closed down with a MMCO reset code. In sequences where
+     * there is no delay, we can't detect that (since the frame was already
+     * output to the user), so we also set h->mmco_reset to detect the MMCO
+     * reset code.
+     * FIXME: if we detect insufficient delays (as per h->avctx->has_b_frames),
+     * we increase the delay between input and output. All frames affected by
+     * the lag (e.g. those that should have been output before another frame
+     * that we already returned to the user) will be dropped. This is a bug
+     * that we will fix later. */
+    for (i = 0; i < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT; i++) {
+        cnt     += out->poc < h->last_pocs[i];
+        invalid += out->poc == INT_MIN;
+    }
+    if (!h->mmco_reset && !cur->f->key_frame &&
+        cnt + invalid == MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT && cnt > 0) {
+        h->mmco_reset = 2;
+        if (pics > 1)
+            h->delayed_pic[pics - 2]->mmco_reset = 2;
+    }
+    if (h->mmco_reset || cur->f->key_frame) {
+        for (i = 0; i < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT; i++)
+            h->last_pocs[i] = INT_MIN;
+        cnt     = 0;
+        invalid = MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT;
+    }
+    out     = h->delayed_pic[0];
+    out_idx = 0;
+    for (i = 1; i < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT &&
+                h->delayed_pic[i] &&
+                !h->delayed_pic[i - 1]->mmco_reset &&
+                !h->delayed_pic[i]->f->key_frame;
+         i++)
+        if (h->delayed_pic[i]->poc < out->poc) {
+            out     = h->delayed_pic[i];
+            out_idx = i;
+        }
+    if (h->avctx->has_b_frames == 0 &&
+        (h->delayed_pic[0]->f->key_frame || h->mmco_reset))
+        h->next_outputed_poc = INT_MIN;
+    out_of_order = !out->f->key_frame && !h->mmco_reset &&
+                   (out->poc < h->next_outputed_poc);
+
+    if (sps->bitstream_restriction_flag &&
+        h->avctx->has_b_frames >= sps->num_reorder_frames) {
+    } else if (out_of_order && pics - 1 == h->avctx->has_b_frames &&
+               h->avctx->has_b_frames < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT) {
+        if (invalid + cnt < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT) {
+            h->avctx->has_b_frames = FFMAX(h->avctx->has_b_frames, cnt);
+        }
+    } else if (!h->avctx->has_b_frames &&
+               ((h->next_outputed_poc != INT_MIN &&
+                 out->poc > h->next_outputed_poc + 2) ||
+                cur->f->pict_type == AV_PICTURE_TYPE_B)) {
+        h->avctx->has_b_frames++;
+    }
+
+    if (pics > h->avctx->has_b_frames) {
+        out->reference &= ~DELAYED_PIC_REF;
+        for (i = out_idx; h->delayed_pic[i]; i++)
+            h->delayed_pic[i] = h->delayed_pic[i + 1];
+    }
+    memmove(h->last_pocs, &h->last_pocs[1],
+            sizeof(*h->last_pocs) * (MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT - 1));
+    h->last_pocs[MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT - 1] = cur->poc;
+    if (!out_of_order && pics > h->avctx->has_b_frames) {
+        av_frame_unref(h->output_frame);
+        ret = av_frame_ref(h->output_frame, out->f);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
+
+        if (out->recovered) {
+            // We have reached an recovery point and all frames after it in
+            // display order are "recovered".
+            h->frame_recovered |= FRAME_RECOVERED_SEI;
+        }
+        out->recovered |= !!(h->frame_recovered & FRAME_RECOVERED_SEI);
+
+        if (!out->recovered) {
+            if (!(h->avctx->flags & AV_CODEC_FLAG_OUTPUT_CORRUPT))
+                av_frame_unref(h->output_frame);
+            else
+                h->output_frame->flags |= AV_FRAME_FLAG_CORRUPT;
+        }
+
+        if (out->mmco_reset) {
+            if (out_idx > 0) {
+                h->next_outputed_poc                    = out->poc;
+                h->delayed_pic[out_idx - 1]->mmco_reset = out->mmco_reset;
+            } else {
+                h->next_outputed_poc = INT_MIN;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (out_idx == 0 && pics > 1 && h->delayed_pic[0]->f->key_frame) {
+                h->next_outputed_poc = INT_MIN;
+            } else {
+                h->next_outputed_poc = out->poc;
+            }
+        }
+        h->mmco_reset = 0;
+    } else {
+        av_log(h->avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "no picture\n");
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* This function is called right after decoding the slice header for a first
  * slice in a field (or a frame). It decides whether we are decoding a new frame
  * or a second field in a pair and does the necessary setup.
@@ -1360,6 +1491,10 @@ static int h264_field_start(H264Context *h, const H264SliceContext *sl,
         ret = h264_export_frame_props(h);
         if (ret < 0)
             return ret;
+
+        ret = h264_select_output_frame(h);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
     }
 
     if (h->avctx->hwaccel) {
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264dec.c b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
index a148825d1e91c72cf57cfa62975f232f4a327163..3ce76eae6453a19206bf01bd524a98f4626bbec4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ static int h264_init_context(AVCodecContext *avctx, H264Context *h)
     if (!h->cur_pic.f)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
+    h->output_frame = av_frame_alloc();
+    if (!h->output_frame)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
     for (i = 0; i < h->nb_slice_ctx; i++)
         h->slice_ctx[i].h264 = h;
 
@@ -350,6 +354,7 @@ static av_cold int h264_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     ff_h264_unref_picture(h, &h->cur_pic);
     av_frame_free(&h->cur_pic.f);
+    av_frame_free(&h->output_frame);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -420,159 +425,6 @@ static int decode_init_thread_copy(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * Run setup operations that must be run after slice header decoding.
- * This includes finding the next displayed frame.
- *
- * @param h h264 master context
- * @param setup_finished enough NALs have been read that we can call
- * ff_thread_finish_setup()
- */
-static void decode_postinit(H264Context *h, int setup_finished)
-{
-    const SPS *sps = h->ps.sps;
-    H264Picture *out = h->cur_pic_ptr;
-    H264Picture *cur = h->cur_pic_ptr;
-    int i, pics, out_of_order, out_idx;
-    int invalid = 0, cnt = 0;
-
-    if (h->next_output_pic)
-        return;
-
-    if (cur->field_poc[0] == INT_MAX || cur->field_poc[1] == INT_MAX) {
-        /* FIXME: if we have two PAFF fields in one packet, we can't start
-         * the next thread here. If we have one field per packet, we can.
-         * The check in decode_nal_units() is not good enough to find this
-         * yet, so we assume the worst for now. */
-        // if (setup_finished)
-        //    ff_thread_finish_setup(h->avctx);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // FIXME do something with unavailable reference frames
-
-    /* Sort B-frames into display order */
-    if (sps->bitstream_restriction_flag ||
-        h->avctx->strict_std_compliance >= FF_COMPLIANCE_NORMAL) {
-        h->avctx->has_b_frames = FFMAX(h->avctx->has_b_frames, sps->num_reorder_frames);
-    }
-
-    pics = 0;
-    while (h->delayed_pic[pics])
-        pics++;
-
-    assert(pics <= MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT);
-
-    h->delayed_pic[pics++] = cur;
-    if (cur->reference == 0)
-        cur->reference = DELAYED_PIC_REF;
-
-    /* Frame reordering. This code takes pictures from coding order and sorts
-     * them by their incremental POC value into display order. It supports POC
-     * gaps, MMCO reset codes and random resets.
-     * A "display group" can start either with a IDR frame (f.key_frame = 1),
-     * and/or can be closed down with a MMCO reset code. In sequences where
-     * there is no delay, we can't detect that (since the frame was already
-     * output to the user), so we also set h->mmco_reset to detect the MMCO
-     * reset code.
-     * FIXME: if we detect insufficient delays (as per h->avctx->has_b_frames),
-     * we increase the delay between input and output. All frames affected by
-     * the lag (e.g. those that should have been output before another frame
-     * that we already returned to the user) will be dropped. This is a bug
-     * that we will fix later. */
-    for (i = 0; i < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT; i++) {
-        cnt     += out->poc < h->last_pocs[i];
-        invalid += out->poc == INT_MIN;
-    }
-    if (!h->mmco_reset && !cur->f->key_frame &&
-        cnt + invalid == MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT && cnt > 0) {
-        h->mmco_reset = 2;
-        if (pics > 1)
-            h->delayed_pic[pics - 2]->mmco_reset = 2;
-    }
-    if (h->mmco_reset || cur->f->key_frame) {
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT; i++)
-            h->last_pocs[i] = INT_MIN;
-        cnt     = 0;
-        invalid = MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT;
-    }
-    out     = h->delayed_pic[0];
-    out_idx = 0;
-    for (i = 1; i < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT &&
-                h->delayed_pic[i] &&
-                !h->delayed_pic[i - 1]->mmco_reset &&
-                !h->delayed_pic[i]->f->key_frame;
-         i++)
-        if (h->delayed_pic[i]->poc < out->poc) {
-            out     = h->delayed_pic[i];
-            out_idx = i;
-        }
-    if (h->avctx->has_b_frames == 0 &&
-        (h->delayed_pic[0]->f->key_frame || h->mmco_reset))
-        h->next_outputed_poc = INT_MIN;
-    out_of_order = !out->f->key_frame && !h->mmco_reset &&
-                   (out->poc < h->next_outputed_poc);
-
-    if (sps->bitstream_restriction_flag &&
-        h->avctx->has_b_frames >= sps->num_reorder_frames) {
-    } else if (out_of_order && pics - 1 == h->avctx->has_b_frames &&
-               h->avctx->has_b_frames < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT) {
-        if (invalid + cnt < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT) {
-            h->avctx->has_b_frames = FFMAX(h->avctx->has_b_frames, cnt);
-        }
-    } else if (!h->avctx->has_b_frames &&
-               ((h->next_outputed_poc != INT_MIN &&
-                 out->poc > h->next_outputed_poc + 2) ||
-                cur->f->pict_type == AV_PICTURE_TYPE_B)) {
-        h->avctx->has_b_frames++;
-    }
-
-    if (pics > h->avctx->has_b_frames) {
-        out->reference &= ~DELAYED_PIC_REF;
-        for (i = out_idx; h->delayed_pic[i]; i++)
-            h->delayed_pic[i] = h->delayed_pic[i + 1];
-    }
-    memmove(h->last_pocs, &h->last_pocs[1],
-            sizeof(*h->last_pocs) * (MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT - 1));
-    h->last_pocs[MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT - 1] = cur->poc;
-    if (!out_of_order && pics > h->avctx->has_b_frames) {
-        h->next_output_pic = out;
-        if (out->mmco_reset) {
-            if (out_idx > 0) {
-                h->next_outputed_poc                    = out->poc;
-                h->delayed_pic[out_idx - 1]->mmco_reset = out->mmco_reset;
-            } else {
-                h->next_outputed_poc = INT_MIN;
-            }
-        } else {
-            if (out_idx == 0 && pics > 1 && h->delayed_pic[0]->f->key_frame) {
-                h->next_outputed_poc = INT_MIN;
-            } else {
-                h->next_outputed_poc = out->poc;
-            }
-        }
-        h->mmco_reset = 0;
-    } else {
-        av_log(h->avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "no picture\n");
-    }
-
-    if (h->next_output_pic) {
-        if (h->next_output_pic->recovered) {
-            // We have reached an recovery point and all frames after it in
-            // display order are "recovered".
-            h->frame_recovered |= FRAME_RECOVERED_SEI;
-        }
-        h->next_output_pic->recovered |= !!(h->frame_recovered & FRAME_RECOVERED_SEI);
-    }
-
-    if (setup_finished && !h->avctx->hwaccel) {
-        ff_thread_finish_setup(h->avctx);
-
-        if (h->avctx->active_thread_type & FF_THREAD_FRAME)
-            h->setup_finished = 1;
-    }
-}
-
 /**
  * instantaneous decoder refresh.
  */
@@ -704,9 +556,10 @@ static int decode_nal_units(H264Context *h, const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
             if (sl->redundant_pic_count > 0)
                 break;
 
-            if (h->current_slice == 1) {
-                if (!(avctx->flags2 & AV_CODEC_FLAG2_CHUNKS))
-                    decode_postinit(h, i >= nals_needed);
+            if (avctx->active_thread_type & FF_THREAD_FRAME && !h->avctx->hwaccel &&
+                i >= nals_needed) {
+                ff_thread_finish_setup(avctx);
+                h->setup_finished = 1;
             }
 
             if ((avctx->skip_frame < AVDISCARD_NONREF || nal->ref_idc) &&
@@ -898,18 +751,12 @@ out:
 
     if (!(avctx->flags2 & AV_CODEC_FLAG2_CHUNKS) ||
         (h->mb_y >= h->mb_height && h->mb_height)) {
-        if (avctx->flags2 & AV_CODEC_FLAG2_CHUNKS)
-            decode_postinit(h, 1);
-
         ff_h264_field_end(h, &h->slice_ctx[0], 0);
 
         *got_frame = 0;
-        if (h->next_output_pic && ((avctx->flags & AV_CODEC_FLAG_OUTPUT_CORRUPT) ||
-                                   h->next_output_pic->recovered)) {
-            if (!h->next_output_pic->recovered)
-                h->next_output_pic->f->flags |= AV_FRAME_FLAG_CORRUPT;
-
-            ret = output_frame(h, pict, h->next_output_pic->f);
+        if (h->output_frame->buf[0]) {
+            ret = output_frame(h, pict, h->output_frame) ;
+            av_frame_unref(h->output_frame);
             if (ret < 0)
                 return ret;
             *got_frame = 1;
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264dec.h b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
index 6f3c4379e83eacb0afdd04c2c21b8b7942f0b67d..6f5ab41f526b443f26e40d46cea317813d045019 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.h
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ typedef struct H264Context {
     H264Picture *long_ref[32];
     H264Picture *delayed_pic[MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT + 2]; // FIXME size?
     int last_pocs[MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT];
-    H264Picture *next_output_pic;
     int next_outputed_poc;
 
     /**
@@ -509,6 +508,8 @@ typedef struct H264Context {
      * slices) anymore */
     int setup_finished;
 
+    AVFrame *output_frame;
+
     int enable_er;
 
     H264SEIContext sei;