diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 38c1be61c7..d66c842521 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2017-10-21
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2018-01-xx - xxxxxxx - lavfi 7.11.101 - avfilter.h
+  Deprecate avfilter_link_get_channels(). Use av_buffersink_get_channels().
+
 2017-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavr 4.0.0 - avresample.h
   Deprecate the entire library. Merged years ago to provide compatibility
   with Libav, it remained unmaintained by the FFmpeg project and duplicated
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index ff7df672fd..ea75467a75 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -183,10 +183,12 @@ void avfilter_link_free(AVFilterLink **link)
     av_freep(link);
 }
 
+#if FF_API_FILTER_GET_SET
 int avfilter_link_get_channels(AVFilterLink *link)
 {
     return link->channels;
 }
+#endif
 
 void ff_filter_set_ready(AVFilterContext *filter, unsigned priority)
 {
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 47546c15e5..62eed2168f 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -647,10 +647,14 @@ int avfilter_link(AVFilterContext *src, unsigned srcpad,
  */
 void avfilter_link_free(AVFilterLink **link);
 
+#if FF_API_FILTER_GET_SET
 /**
  * Get the number of channels of a link.
+ * @deprecated Use av_buffersink_get_channels()
  */
+attribute_deprecated
 int avfilter_link_get_channels(AVFilterLink *link);
+#endif
 
 /**
  * Set the closed field of a link.
diff --git a/libavfilter/version.h b/libavfilter/version.h
index c07f4d30d9..0f11721822 100644
--- a/libavfilter/version.h
+++ b/libavfilter/version.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR   7
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR  11
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO 100
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO 101
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR, \
@@ -55,5 +55,8 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_LAVR_OPTS
 #define FF_API_LAVR_OPTS                    (LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR < 8)
 #endif
+#ifndef FF_API_FILTER_GET_SET
+#define FF_API_FILTER_GET_SET               (LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR < 8)
+#endif
 
 #endif /* AVFILTER_VERSION_H */