diff --git a/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c b/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
index c86cb739f7a54ea6cc6da874decb9d735af06da8..bf9f3c5b913d346982861eb84dbc978592384032 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ static int showspectrumpic_request_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
                     for (x = 0; x < w; x+=80) {
                         dst[x] = 200;
                     }
-                    for (x = 0; x < w; x += 80) {
+                    for (x = 0; x < w - 79; x += 80) {
                         float hertz = x * (inlink->sample_rate / 2) / (float)(1 << (int)ceil(log2(w)));
                         char *units;