diff --git a/ffmpeg_opt.c b/ffmpeg_opt.c
index de520aade7..e43919eb40 100644
--- a/ffmpeg_opt.c
+++ b/ffmpeg_opt.c
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
         "set profile", "profile" },
     { "filter",         HAS_ARG | OPT_STRING | OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT, { .off = OFFSET(filters) },
         "set stream filtergraph", "filter_graph" },
-    { "reinit_filter",  HAS_ARG | OPT_INT | OPT_SPEC | OPT_OUTPUT,   { .off = OFFSET(reinit_filters) },
+    { "reinit_filter",  HAS_ARG | OPT_INT | OPT_SPEC | OPT_INPUT,    { .off = OFFSET(reinit_filters) },
         "reinit filtergraph on input parameter changes", "" },
     { "filter_complex", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT,                        { .func_arg = opt_filter_complex },
         "create a complex filtergraph", "graph_description" },