diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index de74fc2abf..9b72b6162f 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ static void update_link_current_pts(FilterLinkInternal *li, int64_t pts)
 
     if (pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE)
         return;
-    link->current_pts = pts;
-    link->current_pts_us = av_rescale_q(pts, link->time_base, AV_TIME_BASE_Q);
+    li->l.current_pts = pts;
+    li->l.current_pts_us = av_rescale_q(pts, link->time_base, AV_TIME_BASE_Q);
     /* TODO use duration */
     if (link->graph && li->age_index >= 0)
         ff_avfilter_graph_update_heap(link->graph, li);
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ int ff_filter_config_links(AVFilterContext *filter)
         }
 
         inlink = link->src->nb_inputs ? link->src->inputs[0] : NULL;
-        link->current_pts =
-        link->current_pts_us = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
+        li->l.current_pts =
+        li->l.current_pts_us = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
 
         switch (li->init_state) {
         case AVLINK_INIT:
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static int64_t guess_status_pts(AVFilterContext *ctx, int status, AVRational lin
     for (i = 0; i < ctx->nb_inputs; i++) {
         FilterLinkInternal * const li = ff_link_internal(ctx->inputs[i]);
         if (li->status_out == status)
-            r = FFMIN(r, av_rescale_q(ctx->inputs[i]->current_pts, ctx->inputs[i]->time_base, link_time_base));
+            r = FFMIN(r, av_rescale_q(li->l.current_pts, ctx->inputs[i]->time_base, link_time_base));
     }
     if (r < INT64_MAX)
         return r;
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ int ff_filter_activate(AVFilterContext *filter)
 int ff_inlink_acknowledge_status(AVFilterLink *link, int *rstatus, int64_t *rpts)
 {
     FilterLinkInternal * const li = ff_link_internal(link);
-    *rpts = link->current_pts;
+    *rpts = li->l.current_pts;
     if (ff_framequeue_queued_frames(&li->fifo))
         return *rstatus = 0;
     if (li->status_out)
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ int ff_inlink_acknowledge_status(AVFilterLink *link, int *rstatus, int64_t *rpts
         return *rstatus = 0;
     *rstatus = li->status_out = li->status_in;
     update_link_current_pts(li, li->status_in_pts);
-    *rpts = link->current_pts;
+    *rpts = li->l.current_pts;
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index bf9a682bb7..0d1fdf980b 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -600,18 +600,6 @@ struct AVFilterLink {
      */
     struct AVFilterGraph *graph;
 
-    /**
-     * Current timestamp of the link, as defined by the most recent
-     * frame(s), in link time_base units.
-     */
-    int64_t current_pts;
-
-    /**
-     * Current timestamp of the link, as defined by the most recent
-     * frame(s), in AV_TIME_BASE units.
-     */
-    int64_t current_pts_us;
-
     /**
      * Frame rate of the stream on the link, or 1/0 if unknown or variable;
      * if left to 0/0, will be automatically copied from the first input
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c b/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
index 47655703cd..e589ac2415 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ static void heap_bubble_up(FFFilterGraph *graph,
 
     while (index) {
         int parent = (index - 1) >> 1;
-        if (links[parent]->l.pub.current_pts_us >= li->l.pub.current_pts_us)
+        if (links[parent]->l.current_pts_us >= li->l.current_pts_us)
             break;
         links[index] = links[parent];
         links[index]->age_index = index;
@@ -1348,9 +1348,9 @@ static void heap_bubble_down(FFFilterGraph *graph,
         if (child >= graph->sink_links_count)
             break;
         if (child + 1 < graph->sink_links_count &&
-            links[child + 1]->l.pub.current_pts_us < links[child]->l.pub.current_pts_us)
+            links[child + 1]->l.current_pts_us < links[child]->l.current_pts_us)
             child++;
-        if (li->l.pub.current_pts_us < links[child]->l.pub.current_pts_us)
+        if (li->l.current_pts_us < links[child]->l.current_pts_us)
             break;
         links[index] = links[child];
         links[index]->age_index = index;
diff --git a/libavfilter/f_graphmonitor.c b/libavfilter/f_graphmonitor.c
index 3996261318..06573dbb96 100644
--- a/libavfilter/f_graphmonitor.c
+++ b/libavfilter/f_graphmonitor.c
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@ static int draw_items(AVFilterContext *ctx,
                       size_t frames)
 {
     GraphMonitorContext *s = ctx->priv;
+    FilterLink *fl = ff_filter_link(l);
     int64_t previous_pts_us = s->cache[s->cache_index].previous_pts_us;
-    int64_t current_pts_us = l->current_pts_us;
+    int64_t current_pts_us = fl->current_pts_us;
     const int flags = s->flags;
     const int mode = s->mode;
     char buffer[1024] = { 0 };
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ static int draw_items(AVFilterContext *ctx,
         xpos += len * 8;
     }
 
-    s->cache[s->cache_index].previous_pts_us = l->current_pts_us;
+    s->cache[s->cache_index].previous_pts_us = current_pts_us;
 
     if (s->cache_index + 1 >= s->cache_size / sizeof(*(s->cache))) {
         void *ptr = av_fast_realloc(s->cache, &s->cache_size, s->cache_size * 2);
diff --git a/libavfilter/filters.h b/libavfilter/filters.h
index 9e230dc987..98b2442389 100644
--- a/libavfilter/filters.h
+++ b/libavfilter/filters.h
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
 typedef struct FilterLink {
     AVFilterLink pub;
 
+    /**
+     * Current timestamp of the link, as defined by the most recent
+     * frame(s), in link time_base units.
+     */
+    int64_t current_pts;
+
+    /**
+     * Current timestamp of the link, as defined by the most recent
+     * frame(s), in AV_TIME_BASE units.
+     */
+    int64_t current_pts_us;
+
     /**
      * Minimum number of samples to filter at once.
      *