diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 4d77405677..bce341313c 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int frame_bottomBand = 0;
 static int frame_leftBand  = 0;
 static int frame_rightBand = 0;
 static int max_frames[4] = {INT_MAX, INT_MAX, INT_MAX, INT_MAX};
-static AVRational frame_rate = (AVRational) {0,0};
+static AVRational frame_rate;
 static float video_qscale = 0;
 static uint16_t *intra_matrix = NULL;
 static uint16_t *inter_matrix = NULL;