diff --git a/libavformat/oggdec.c b/libavformat/oggdec.c
index 2d99b4af25..8f3b44c3c5 100644
--- a/libavformat/oggdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/oggdec.c
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ static int ogg_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         if (ogg->streams[i].header < 0) {
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Header parsing failed for stream %d\n", i);
             ogg->streams[i].codec = NULL;
+            av_freep(&ogg->streams[i].private);
         } else if (os->codec && os->nb_header < os->codec->nb_header) {
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING,
                    "Headers mismatch for stream %d: "