diff --git a/libavdevice/lavfi.c b/libavdevice/lavfi.c
index 89d0730546..159832a120 100644
--- a/libavdevice/lavfi.c
+++ b/libavdevice/lavfi.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int *sink_stream_map;
     int *sink_eof;
     int *stream_sink_map;
+    AVFrame *decoded_frame;
 } LavfiContext;
 
 static int *create_all_formats(int n)
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ av_cold static int lavfi_read_close(AVFormatContext *avctx)
     av_freep(&lavfi->stream_sink_map);
     av_freep(&lavfi->sinks);
     avfilter_graph_free(&lavfi->graph);
+    av_frame_free(&lavfi->decoded_frame);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -300,6 +302,9 @@ av_cold static int lavfi_read_header(AVFormatContext *avctx)
         }
     }
 
+    if (!(lavfi->decoded_frame = av_frame_alloc()))
+        FAIL(AVERROR(ENOMEM));
+
 end:
     av_free(pix_fmts);
     avfilter_inout_free(&input_links);
@@ -314,8 +319,9 @@ static int lavfi_read_packet(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt)
     LavfiContext *lavfi = avctx->priv_data;
     double min_pts = DBL_MAX;
     int stream_idx, min_pts_sink_idx = 0;
-    AVFilterBufferRef *ref;
+    AVFrame *frame = lavfi->decoded_frame;
     AVPicture pict;
+    AVDictionary *frame_metadata;
     int ret, i;
     int size = 0;
 
@@ -329,16 +335,17 @@ static int lavfi_read_packet(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt)
         if (lavfi->sink_eof[i])
             continue;
 
-        ret = av_buffersink_get_buffer_ref(lavfi->sinks[i],
-                                       &ref, AV_BUFFERSINK_FLAG_PEEK);
+        ret = av_buffersink_get_frame_flags(lavfi->sinks[i], frame,
+                                            AV_BUFFERSINK_FLAG_PEEK);
         if (ret == AVERROR_EOF) {
             av_dlog(avctx, "EOF sink_idx:%d\n", i);
             lavfi->sink_eof[i] = 1;
             continue;
         } else if (ret < 0)
             return ret;
-        d = av_rescale_q(ref->pts, tb, AV_TIME_BASE_Q);
+        d = av_rescale_q(frame->pts, tb, AV_TIME_BASE_Q);
         av_dlog(avctx, "sink_idx:%d time:%f\n", i, d);
+        av_frame_unref(frame);
 
         if (d < min_pts) {
             min_pts = d;
@@ -350,35 +357,35 @@ static int lavfi_read_packet(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt)
 
     av_dlog(avctx, "min_pts_sink_idx:%i\n", min_pts_sink_idx);
 
-    av_buffersink_get_buffer_ref(lavfi->sinks[min_pts_sink_idx], &ref, 0);
+    av_buffersink_get_frame_flags(lavfi->sinks[min_pts_sink_idx], frame, 0);
     stream_idx = lavfi->sink_stream_map[min_pts_sink_idx];
 
-    if (ref->video) {
-        size = avpicture_get_size(ref->format, ref->video->w, ref->video->h);
+    if (frame->width /* FIXME best way of testing a video */) {
+        size = avpicture_get_size(frame->format, frame->width, frame->height);
         if ((ret = av_new_packet(pkt, size)) < 0)
             return ret;
 
-        memcpy(pict.data,     ref->data,     4*sizeof(ref->data[0]));
-        memcpy(pict.linesize, ref->linesize, 4*sizeof(ref->linesize[0]));
+        memcpy(pict.data,     frame->data,     4*sizeof(frame->data[0]));
+        memcpy(pict.linesize, frame->linesize, 4*sizeof(frame->linesize[0]));
 
-        avpicture_layout(&pict, ref->format, ref->video->w,
-                         ref->video->h, pkt->data, size);
-    } else if (ref->audio) {
-        size = ref->audio->nb_samples *
-            av_get_bytes_per_sample(ref->format) *
-            av_get_channel_layout_nb_channels(ref->audio->channel_layout);
+        avpicture_layout(&pict, frame->format, frame->width, frame->height,
+                         pkt->data, size);
+    } else if (av_frame_get_channels(frame) /* FIXME test audio */) {
+        size = frame->nb_samples * av_get_bytes_per_sample(frame->format) *
+                                   av_frame_get_channels(frame);
         if ((ret = av_new_packet(pkt, size)) < 0)
             return ret;
-        memcpy(pkt->data, ref->data[0], size);
+        memcpy(pkt->data, frame->data[0], size);
     }
 
-    if (ref->metadata) {
+    frame_metadata = av_frame_get_metadata(frame);
+    if (frame_metadata) {
         uint8_t *metadata;
         AVDictionaryEntry *e = NULL;
         AVBPrint meta_buf;
 
         av_bprint_init(&meta_buf, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
-        while ((e = av_dict_get(ref->metadata, "", e, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX))) {
+        while ((e = av_dict_get(frame_metadata, "", e, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX))) {
             av_bprintf(&meta_buf, "%s", e->key);
             av_bprint_chars(&meta_buf, '\0', 1);
             av_bprintf(&meta_buf, "%s", e->value);
@@ -395,10 +402,10 @@ static int lavfi_read_packet(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt)
     }
 
     pkt->stream_index = stream_idx;
-    pkt->pts = ref->pts;
-    pkt->pos = ref->pos;
+    pkt->pts = frame->pts;
+    pkt->pos = av_frame_get_pkt_pos(frame);
     pkt->size = size;
-    avfilter_unref_buffer(ref);
+    av_frame_unref(frame);
     return size;
 }