diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index ddca770cc4..3d77d2f6fd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -3512,7 +3512,10 @@ typedef struct AVCodecParser {
                         const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
     void (*parser_close)(AVCodecParserContext *s);
     int (*split)(AVCodecContext *avctx, const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
+#if FF_API_NEXT
+    attribute_deprecated
     struct AVCodecParser *next;
+#endif
 } AVCodecParser;
 
 /**
diff --git a/libavcodec/parsers.c b/libavcodec/parsers.c
index f8cfa1cde9..3d944f5222 100644
--- a/libavcodec/parsers.c
+++ b/libavcodec/parsers.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ extern AVCodecParser ff_xma_parser;
 #include "libavcodec/parser_list.c"
 
 #if FF_API_NEXT
+FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 static AVOnce av_parser_next_init = AV_ONCE_INIT;
 
 static void av_parser_init_next(void)
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ void av_register_codec_parser(AVCodecParser *parser)
 {
     ff_thread_once(&av_parser_next_init, av_parser_init_next);
 }
+FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 #endif
 
 const AVCodecParser *av_parser_iterate(void **opaque)