diff --git a/libavcodec/mfenc.c b/libavcodec/mfenc.c
index 06d5032ab3..000b4da383 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mfenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mfenc.c
@@ -1008,17 +1008,20 @@ static int mf_choose_output_type(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     }
 
     if (ret >= 0) {
+        unsigned int profile_set;
+        unsigned int profile_negotiated;
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "setting output type:\n");
         ff_media_type_dump(avctx, out_type);
 
+        IMFAttributes_GetUINT32(out_type, &MF_MT_AAC_AUDIO_PROFILE_LEVEL_INDICATION, &profile_set);
+
         hr = IMFTransform_SetOutputType(c->mft, c->out_stream_id, out_type, 0);
         if (!FAILED(hr)) {
             if (avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_AAC) {
-                unsigned int profile_set;
-                unsigned int profile_negotiated;
                 hr = IMFTransform_GetOutputCurrentType(c->mft, c->out_stream_id, &out_type_negotiated);
-                IMFAttributes_GetUINT32(out_type, &MF_MT_AAC_AUDIO_PROFILE_LEVEL_INDICATION, &profile_set);
-                IMFAttributes_GetUINT32(out_type_negotiated, &MF_MT_AAC_AUDIO_PROFILE_LEVEL_INDICATION, &profile_negotiated);
+                IMFAttributes_GetUINT32(out_type, &MF_MT_AAC_AUDIO_PROFILE_LEVEL_INDICATION, &profile_negotiated);
+
+                av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_TRACE, "cmp1: %d, cmp2: %d\n", out_type, out_type_negotiated);
 
                 if (!FAILED(hr) && profile_set != profile_negotiated) { // Setting PROFILE_LEVEL_INDICATION in AAC Encoder is only supported starting from Win11 24H2, fail if reported a mismatch in profile level indication.
                     av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "profile level indication mismatch: (out_type profile_level) %d != (out_type_negotiated profile_level) %d\n", profile_set, profile_negotiated);