diff --git a/libavformat/mpegenc.c b/libavformat/mpegenc.c
index 93f40b202c..f6980231a2 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegenc.c
@@ -1258,6 +1258,8 @@ static void mpeg_mux_deinit(AVFormatContext *ctx)
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
         StreamInfo *stream = ctx->streams[i]->priv_data;
+        if (!stream)
+            continue;
         av_fifo_freep(&stream->fifo);
     }
 }