diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 561cdeeb0d..1155463712 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -6845,7 +6845,7 @@ the momentary loudness (400 milliseconds).
 More information about the Loudness Recommendation EBU R128 on
 @url{http://tech.ebu.ch/loudness}.
 
-The filter accepts the following named parameters:
+The filter accepts the following options:
 
 @table @option
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index 130fccfaf2..6ec944b467 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ int avfilter_init_filter(AVFilterContext *filter, const char *args, void *opaque
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "delogo"    ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "drawbox"   ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "drawtext"  ) ||
+        !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "ebur128"   ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "fade"      ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "fieldorder") ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "fps"       ) ||
diff --git a/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c b/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c
index 0c7f7714b4..2ff92a33c8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c
+++ b/libavfilter/f_ebur128.c
@@ -405,16 +405,9 @@ static struct hist_entry *get_histogram(void)
 
 static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *args)
 {
-    int ret;
     EBUR128Context *ebur128 = ctx->priv;
     AVFilterPad pad;
 
-    ebur128->class = &ebur128_class;
-    av_opt_set_defaults(ebur128);
-
-    if ((ret = av_set_options_string(ebur128, args, "=", ":")) < 0)
-        return ret;
-
     if (ebur128->loglevel != AV_LOG_INFO &&
         ebur128->loglevel != AV_LOG_VERBOSE) {
         if (ebur128->do_video || ebur128->metadata)