diff --git a/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c b/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
index 177ad4f610..c594a4f82e 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
@@ -360,6 +360,47 @@ static int formats_declared(AVFilterContext *f)
     return 1;
 }
 
+static AVFilterFormats *clone_filter_formats(AVFilterFormats *arg)
+{
+    AVFilterFormats *a = av_memdup(arg, sizeof(*arg));
+    if (a) {
+        a->refcount = 0;
+        a->refs     = NULL;
+        a->formats  = av_memdup(a->formats, sizeof(*a->formats) * a->nb_formats);
+        if (!a->formats && arg->formats)
+            av_freep(&a);
+    }
+    return a;
+}
+
+static int can_merge_formats(AVFilterFormats *a_arg,
+                             AVFilterFormats *b_arg,
+                             enum AVMediaType type,
+                             int is_sample_rate)
+{
+    AVFilterFormats *a, *b, *ret;
+    if (a == b)
+        return 1;
+    a = clone_filter_formats(a_arg);
+    b = clone_filter_formats(b_arg);
+    if (is_sample_rate) {
+        ret = ff_merge_samplerates(a, b);
+    } else {
+        ret = ff_merge_formats(a, b, type);
+    }
+    if (ret) {
+        av_freep(&ret->formats);
+        av_freep(&ret);
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        av_freep(&a->formats);
+        av_freep(&b->formats);
+        av_freep(&a);
+        av_freep(&b);
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Perform one round of query_formats() and merging formats lists on the
  * filter graph.
@@ -404,20 +445,30 @@ static int query_formats(AVFilterGraph *graph, AVClass *log_ctx)
             if (!link)
                 continue;
 
+            if (link->in_formats != link->out_formats
+                && link->in_formats && link->out_formats)
+                if (!can_merge_formats(link->in_formats, link->out_formats,
+                                      link->type, 0))
+                    convert_needed = 1;
+            if (link->type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
+                if (link->in_samplerates != link->out_samplerates
+                    && link->in_samplerates && link->out_samplerates)
+                    if (!can_merge_formats(link->in_samplerates,
+                                           link->out_samplerates,
+                                           0, 1))
+                        convert_needed = 1;
+            }
+
 #define MERGE_DISPATCH(field, statement)                                     \
             if (!(link->in_ ## field && link->out_ ## field)) {              \
                 count_delayed++;                                             \
             } else if (link->in_ ## field == link->out_ ## field) {          \
                 count_already_merged++;                                      \
-            } else {                                                         \
+            } else if (!convert_needed) {                                                         \
                 count_merged++;                                              \
                 statement                                                    \
             }
-            MERGE_DISPATCH(formats,
-                if (!ff_merge_formats(link->in_formats, link->out_formats,
-                                      link->type))
-                    convert_needed = 1;
-            )
+
             if (link->type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
                 MERGE_DISPATCH(channel_layouts,
                     if (!ff_merge_channel_layouts(link->in_channel_layouts,
@@ -430,6 +481,11 @@ static int query_formats(AVFilterGraph *graph, AVClass *log_ctx)
                         convert_needed = 1;
                 )
             }
+            MERGE_DISPATCH(formats,
+                if (!ff_merge_formats(link->in_formats, link->out_formats,
+                                      link->type))
+                    convert_needed = 1;
+            )
 #undef MERGE_DISPATCH
 
             if (convert_needed) {