diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_lut.c b/libavfilter/vf_lut.c
index 1f0b684b75..76db0f31db 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_lut.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_lut.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int negate_init(AVFilterContext *ctx)
         }
     }
 
-    return lut_init(ctx);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 DEFINE_LUT_FILTER(negate, "Negate input video.");