diff --git a/libavfilter/libmpcodecs/vf_pullup.c b/libavfilter/libmpcodecs/vf_pullup.c
index a1ed978a39..02a2031591 100644
--- a/libavfilter/libmpcodecs/vf_pullup.c
+++ b/libavfilter/libmpcodecs/vf_pullup.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int vf_open(vf_instance_t *vf, char *args)
     vf->priv = p = calloc(1, sizeof(struct vf_priv_s));
     p->ctx = c = pullup_alloc_context();
     p->fakecount = 1;
-    c->verbose = verbose>0;
+    c->verbose = 1;
     c->junk_left = c->junk_right = 1;
     c->junk_top = c->junk_bottom = 4;
     c->strict_breaks = 0;