diff --git a/libavfilter/graphparser.c b/libavfilter/graphparser.c
index 9518f8e2d3..ec73838c9f 100644
--- a/libavfilter/graphparser.c
+++ b/libavfilter/graphparser.c
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int link_filter_inouts(AVFilterContext *filter,
             *currInputs = (*currInputs)->next;
             av_free(p);
         } else {
-            p = *currInputs;
             *currInputs = (*currInputs)->next;
             p->filter = filter;
             p->pad_idx = pad;