diff --git a/libavformat/hlsproto.c b/libavformat/hlsproto.c
index a569e9224e..788562aa81 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsproto.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void free_segment_list(HLSContext *s)
 {
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < s->n_segments; i++)
-        av_free(s->segments[i]);
+        av_freep(&s->segments[i]);
     av_freep(&s->segments);
     s->n_segments = 0;
 }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void free_variant_list(HLSContext *s)
 {
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < s->n_variants; i++)
-        av_free(s->variants[i]);
+        av_freep(&s->variants[i]);
     av_freep(&s->variants);
     s->n_variants = 0;
 }