diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_gblur.c b/libavfilter/vf_gblur.c
index 6e8ef96235..6ce2c84736 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_gblur.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_gblur.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static int filter_horizontally(AVFilterContext *ctx, void *arg, int jobnr, int n
 
     s->horiz_slice(buffer + width * slice_start, width, slice_end - slice_start,
                    steps, nu, boundaryscale, localbuf);
-    emms_c();
     return 0;
 }