diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index 75d716538d..e7139c7fa5 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int avfilter_link(AVFilterContext *src, unsigned srcpad,
         return -1;
 
     src->outputs[srcpad] =
-    dst->inputs[dstpad]  = link = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVFilterLink));
+    dst-> inputs[dstpad] = link = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVFilterLink));
 
     link->src     = src;
     link->dst     = dst;