diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_swaprect.c b/libavfilter/vf_swaprect.c
index f1fab1e36d..cf9c298f2f 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_swaprect.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_swaprect.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
     var_values[VAR_DAR] = var_values[VAR_A] * var_values[VAR_SAR];
     var_values[VAR_N]   = inlink->frame_count_out;
     var_values[VAR_T]   = in->pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE ? NAN : in->pts * av_q2d(inlink->time_base);
-    var_values[VAR_POS] = in->pkt_pos ? NAN : in->pkt_pos;
+    var_values[VAR_POS] = in->pkt_pos == -1 ? NAN : in->pkt_pos;
 
     ret = av_expr_parse_and_eval(&dw, s->w,
                                  var_names, &var_values[0],