diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
index 5583d2aa35..776797d35b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int init_default_huffman_tables(MJpegDecodeContext *s)
     int i, ret;
 
     for (i = 0; i < FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(ht); i++) {
+        ff_free_vlc(&s->vlcs[ht[i].class][ht[i].index]);
         ret = ff_mjpeg_build_vlc(&s->vlcs[ht[i].class][ht[i].index],
                                  ht[i].bits, ht[i].values,
                                  ht[i].class == 1, s->avctx);