diff --git a/libavfilter/af_apad.c b/libavfilter/af_apad.c
index 6b2c8b13de..eafc7050e8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/af_apad.c
+++ b/libavfilter/af_apad.c
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ typedef struct {
     int64_t next_pts;
 
     int packet_size;
-    int64_t pad_len;
-    int64_t whole_len;
+    int64_t pad_len, pad_len_left;
+    int64_t whole_len, whole_len_left;
 } APadContext;
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(APadContext, x)
 #define A AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM|AV_OPT_FLAG_FILTERING_PARAM
 
 static const AVOption apad_options[] = {
-    { "packet_size", "set silence packet size", OFFSET(packet_size), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 4096 }, 0, INT_MAX, A },
-    { "pad_len",     "number of samples of silence to add",          OFFSET(pad_len),   AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT64_MAX, A },
-    { "whole_len",   "target number of samples in the audio stream", OFFSET(whole_len), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT64_MAX, A },
+    { "packet_size", "set silence packet size",                                  OFFSET(packet_size), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   { .i64 = 4096 }, 0, INT_MAX, A },
+    { "pad_len",     "set number of samples of silence to add",                  OFFSET(pad_len),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64, { .i64 = -1 }, -1, INT64_MAX, A },
+    { "whole_len",   "set minimum target number of samples in the audio stream", OFFSET(whole_len),   AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64, { .i64 = -1 }, -1, INT64_MAX, A },
     { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     APadContext *apad = ctx->priv;
 
     apad->next_pts = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
-    if (apad->whole_len && apad->pad_len) {
+    if (apad->whole_len >= 0 && apad->pad_len >= 0) {
         av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Both whole and pad length are set, this is not possible\n");
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
+    apad->pad_len_left   = apad->pad_len;
+    apad->whole_len_left = apad->whole_len;
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -73,8 +75,11 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *frame)
     AVFilterContext *ctx = inlink->dst;
     APadContext *apad = ctx->priv;
 
-    if (apad->whole_len)
-        apad->whole_len -= frame->nb_samples;
+    if (apad->whole_len >= 0) {
+        apad->whole_len_left = FFMAX(apad->whole_len_left - frame->nb_samples, 0);
+        av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG,
+               "n_out:%d whole_len_left:%"PRId64"\n", frame->nb_samples, apad->whole_len_left);
+    }
 
     apad->next_pts = frame->pts + av_rescale_q(frame->nb_samples, (AVRational){1, inlink->sample_rate}, inlink->time_base);
     return ff_filter_frame(ctx->outputs[0], frame);
@@ -92,13 +97,14 @@ static int request_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
         int n_out = apad->packet_size;
         AVFrame *outsamplesref;
 
-        if (apad->whole_len > 0) {
-            apad->pad_len = apad->whole_len;
-            apad->whole_len = 0;
+        if (apad->whole_len >= 0 && apad->pad_len < 0) {
+            apad->pad_len = apad->pad_len_left = apad->whole_len_left;
         }
-        if (apad->pad_len > 0) {
-            n_out = FFMIN(n_out, apad->pad_len);
-            apad->pad_len -= n_out;
+        if (apad->pad_len >=0 || apad->whole_len >= 0) {
+            n_out = FFMIN(n_out, apad->pad_len_left);
+            apad->pad_len_left -= n_out;
+            av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG,
+                   "padding n_out:%d pad_len_left:%"PRId64"\n", n_out, apad->pad_len_left);
         }
 
         if (!n_out)
diff --git a/libavfilter/version.h b/libavfilter/version.h
index 28c510e023..eb3c12bd42 100644
--- a/libavfilter/version.h
+++ b/libavfilter/version.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR  5
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR  0
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO 102
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR, \