--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/libavfilter/formats.c b/libavfilter/formats.c
+index de4315369d..f430908343 100644
+--- a/libavfilter/formats.c
++++ b/libavfilter/formats.c
+@@ -107,11 +107,13 @@ AVFilterFormats *ff_merge_formats(AVFilterFormats *a, AVFilterFormats *b,
+ possibly causing a lossy conversion elsewhere in the graph.
+ To avoid that, pretend that there are no common formats to force the
+ insertion of a conversion filter. */
+- if (type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO)
+- for (i = 0; i < a->nb_formats; i++)
++ if (type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
++ for (i = 0; i < a->nb_formats; i++) {
++ const AVPixFmtDescriptor *adesc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(a->formats[i]);
++ if( !adesc ) continue;
+ for (j = 0; j < b->nb_formats; j++) {
+- const AVPixFmtDescriptor *adesc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(a->formats[i]);
+ const AVPixFmtDescriptor *bdesc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(b->formats[j]);
++ if( !bdesc ) continue;
+ alpha2 |= adesc->flags & bdesc->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA;
+ chroma2|= adesc->nb_components > 1 && bdesc->nb_components > 1;
+ if (a->formats[i] == b->formats[j]) {
+@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ AVFilterFormats *ff_merge_formats(AVFilterFormats *a, AVFilterFormats *b,
+ chroma1|= adesc->nb_components > 1;
+ }
+ }
++ }
++ }
+
+ // If chroma or alpha can be lost through merging then do not merge
+ if (alpha2 > alpha1 || chroma2 > chroma1)