diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultEncoderFactory.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultEncoderFactory.java
index a9dd48d472..a8f7ee6133 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultEncoderFactory.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultEncoderFactory.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public final class DefaultEncoderFactory implements Codec.EncoderFactory {
 
   /** Creates a new instance using the {@link EncoderSelector#DEFAULT default encoder selector}. */
   public DefaultEncoderFactory() {
-    this.videoEncoderSelector = EncoderSelector.DEFAULT;
+    this(EncoderSelector.DEFAULT);
   }
 
   /** Creates a new instance. */