diff --git a/libavfilter/af_atilt.c b/libavfilter/af_atilt.c
index a1ce030feb..a6f7782af5 100644
--- a/libavfilter/af_atilt.c
+++ b/libavfilter/af_atilt.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
     }
 
     td.in = in; td.out = out;
-    ctx->internal->execute(ctx, s->filter_channels, &td, NULL, FFMIN(inlink->channels,
+    ff_filter_execute(ctx, s->filter_channels, &td, NULL, FFMIN(inlink->channels,
                                                                ff_filter_get_nb_threads(ctx)));
 
     if (out != in)