diff --git a/avconv_filter.c b/avconv_filter.c
index 9c983c0e2b3283c553e61a01ec90e42acbceb481..f7ce76ff694543448ce944c33d563098edfc0f0c 100644
--- a/avconv_filter.c
+++ b/avconv_filter.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int configure_output_video_filter(FilterGraph *fg, OutputFilter *ofilter,
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
 
-    if (!hw_device_ctx && (ofilter->width || ofilter->height)) {
+    if (ofilter->width || ofilter->height) {
         char args[255];
         AVFilterContext *filter;