diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_framestep.c b/libavfilter/vf_framestep.c
index e903765e5acbe1957c53a79bb3240cec4880a4ce..dcb2665053758a263b3584413a2c8e1960fc8c16 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_framestep.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_framestep.c
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *args)
 {
     FrameStepContext *framestep = ctx->priv;
     char *tailptr;
-    long int n;
-
-    framestep->frame_step = 1;
+    long int n = 1;
 
     if (args) {
         n = strtol(args, &tailptr, 10);