diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index e68620c3ab..a8167ede3f 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,7 @@ static int reap_filters(void)
 
         if (!ost->filtered_frame && !(ost->filtered_frame = av_frame_alloc())) {
             return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-        } else
-            avcodec_get_frame_defaults(ost->filtered_frame);
+        }
         filtered_frame = ost->filtered_frame;
 
         while (1) {