diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 0d88991661..93a3f69503 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -2713,13 +2713,13 @@ void avformat_free_context(AVFormatContext *s)
             av_free_packet(&st->cur_pkt);
         }
         av_dict_free(&st->metadata);
-        av_free(st->index_entries);
-        av_free(st->codec->extradata);
-        av_free(st->codec->subtitle_header);
-        av_free(st->codec);
-        av_free(st->priv_data);
-        av_free(st->info);
-        av_free(st);
+        av_freep(&st->index_entries);
+        av_freep(&st->codec->extradata);
+        av_freep(&st->codec->subtitle_header);
+        av_freep(&st->codec);
+        av_freep(&st->priv_data);
+        av_freep(&st->info);
+        av_freep(&st);
     }
     for(i=s->nb_programs-1; i>=0; i--) {
         av_dict_free(&s->programs[i]->metadata);
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ void avformat_free_context(AVFormatContext *s)
     av_freep(&s->priv_data);
     while(s->nb_chapters--) {
         av_dict_free(&s->chapters[s->nb_chapters]->metadata);
-        av_free(s->chapters[s->nb_chapters]);
+        av_freep(&s->chapters[s->nb_chapters]);
     }
     av_freep(&s->chapters);
     av_dict_free(&s->metadata);