diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 1367920b50..e52a7362c3 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -3293,7 +3293,7 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
         ist = input_streams[i];
 
         for (j = 0; j < ist->nb_filters; j++) {
-            if (ist->filters[j]->graph->graph_desc) {
+            if (!filtergraph_is_simple(ist->filters[j]->graph)) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "  Stream #%d:%d (%s) -> %s",
                        ist->file_index, ist->st->index, ist->dec ? ist->dec->name : "?",
                        ist->filters[j]->name);
@@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (ost->filter && ost->filter->graph->graph_desc) {
+        if (ost->filter && !filtergraph_is_simple(ost->filter->graph)) {
             /* output from a complex graph */
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "  %s", ost->filter->name);
             if (nb_filtergraphs > 1)
diff --git a/ffmpeg.h b/ffmpeg.h
index f09d33bdcf..69edb6260a 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.h
+++ b/ffmpeg.h
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ void choose_sample_fmt(AVStream *st, AVCodec *codec);
 int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg);
 int configure_output_filter(FilterGraph *fg, OutputFilter *ofilter, AVFilterInOut *out);
 int ist_in_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg, InputStream *ist);
+int filtergraph_is_simple(FilterGraph *fg);
 FilterGraph *init_simple_filtergraph(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost);
 int init_complex_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg);
 
diff --git a/ffmpeg_filter.c b/ffmpeg_filter.c
index 7745cb61b5..0f8319f62b 100644
--- a/ffmpeg_filter.c
+++ b/ffmpeg_filter.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static int configure_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, InputFilter *ifilter,
 int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
 {
     AVFilterInOut *inputs, *outputs, *cur;
-    int ret, i, simple = !fg->graph_desc;
+    int ret, i, simple = filtergraph_is_simple(fg);
     const char *graph_desc = simple ? fg->outputs[0]->ost->avfilter :
                                       fg->graph_desc;
 
@@ -1102,3 +1102,7 @@ int ist_in_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg, InputStream *ist)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int filtergraph_is_simple(FilterGraph *fg)
+{
+    return !fg->graph_desc;
+}