diff --git a/libavcodec/vlc.c b/libavcodec/vlc.c
index dc8863855e..8beab9a0a2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vlc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vlc.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int vlc_multi_gen(VLC_MULTI_ELEM *table, const VLC *single,
     add_level(table, nb_elems, nb_codes, numbits, buf,
               0, 0, FFMIN(maxbits, numbits), 0, minbits, max, count, &info);
 
-    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Joint: %d/%d/%d/%d/%d codes min=%ubits max=%u\n",
+    av_log(logctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Joint: %d/%d/%d/%d/%d codes min=%ubits max=%u\n",
            count[0], count[1], count[2], count[3], count[4], minbits, max);
 
     return 0;