diff --git a/ffprobe.c b/ffprobe.c
index 44f2a1553a..485950dff7 100644
--- a/ffprobe.c
+++ b/ffprobe.c
@@ -1349,8 +1349,8 @@ static void show_packets(WriterContext *w, AVFormatContext *fmt_ctx)
         if (do_show_frames &&
             get_video_frame(fmt_ctx, &frame, &pkt)) {
             show_frame(w, &frame, fmt_ctx->streams[pkt.stream_index]);
-            av_free_packet(&pkt);
         }
+        av_free_packet(&pkt);
     }
     av_init_packet(&pkt);
     pkt.data = NULL;