diff --git a/libavformat/segment.c b/libavformat/segment.c
index 858ccf8697..5cc9eb812f 100644
--- a/libavformat/segment.c
+++ b/libavformat/segment.c
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ static void seg_free(AVFormatContext *s)
     seg->avf = NULL;
     av_freep(&seg->times);
     av_freep(&seg->frames);
+    av_freep(&seg->cur_entry.filename);
 }
 
 static int seg_init(AVFormatContext *s)
@@ -983,7 +984,6 @@ fail:
         ff_format_io_close(s, &seg->list_pb);
 
     av_opt_free(seg);
-    av_freep(&seg->cur_entry.filename);
 
     cur = seg->segment_list_entries;
     while (cur) {