diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 2f59c263fe..fb0554b98a 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ int av_open_input_stream(AVFormatContext **ic_ptr,
             if (st) {
                 av_free(st->priv_data);
                 av_free(st->codec->extradata);
+                av_free(st->codec);
             }
             av_free(st);
         }