diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index 104a3b4956..ebb2165184 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -283,15 +283,15 @@ avfilter_get_video_buffer_ref_from_arrays(uint8_t *data[4], int linesize[4], int
     if (!(picref->video = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVFilterBufferRefVideoProps))))
         goto fail;
 
-    picref->video->w = w;
-    picref->video->h = h;
+    pic->w = picref->video->w = w;
+    pic->h = picref->video->h = h;
 
     /* make sure the buffer gets read permission or it's useless for output */
     picref->perms = perms | AV_PERM_READ;
 
     pic->refcount = 1;
     picref->type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
-    picref->format = format;
+    pic->format = picref->format = format;
 
     memcpy(pic->data,        data,          sizeof(pic->data));
     memcpy(pic->linesize,    linesize,      sizeof(pic->linesize));
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 02b513fb75..597e7a71d0 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "libavcore/samplefmt.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR  1
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR 72
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR 73
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ typedef struct AVFilterBuffer {
      * reallocating it from scratch.
      */
     void (*free)(struct AVFilterBuffer *buf);
+
+    int format;                 ///< media format
+    int w, h;                   ///< width and height of the allocated buffer
 } AVFilterBuffer;
 
 #define AV_PERM_READ     0x01   ///< can read from the buffer