diff --git a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/video_buffer.c b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/video_buffer.c
index d58bfb755973..0f861e820f6b 100644
--- a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/video_buffer.c
+++ b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/video_buffer.c
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ video_buffer_t *video_buffer_create(size_t num, int frame_size, int width, int h
 
       if (!b->buffer[i].sws ||
           !b->buffer[i].source ||
+#if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR > 55
           !b->buffer[i].hw_source ||
+#endif
           !b->buffer[i].target ||
           !b->buffer[i].frame_buf)
          goto fail;