diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index c5b26dfd46..c31bcfb607 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -1702,7 +1702,6 @@ static int configure_video_filters(AVFilterGraph *graph, VideoState *is, const c
 
         if ((ret = avfilter_graph_parse(graph, vfilters, &inputs, &outputs, NULL)) < 0)
             return ret;
-        av_freep(&vfilters);
     } else {
         if ((ret = avfilter_link(filt_src, 0, filt_out, 0)) < 0)
             return ret;