diff --git a/ffmpeg_filter.c b/ffmpeg_filter.c
index 9426a8849f..10b2f5f722 100644
--- a/ffmpeg_filter.c
+++ b/ffmpeg_filter.c
@@ -1035,12 +1035,8 @@ int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
         }
     avfilter_inout_free(&inputs);
 
-    for (cur = outputs, i = 0; cur; cur = cur->next, i++) {
-        OutputFilter *ofilter = fg->outputs[i];
-        if (ofilter->ost)
-            configure_output_filter(fg, ofilter, cur);
-    }
-
+    for (cur = outputs, i = 0; cur; cur = cur->next, i++)
+        configure_output_filter(fg, fg->outputs[i], cur);
     avfilter_inout_free(&outputs);
 
     if ((ret = avfilter_graph_config(fg->graph, NULL)) < 0)