diff --git a/libavformat/asfdec_o.c b/libavformat/asfdec_o.c
index 17f958fed5..f7889a40e1 100644
--- a/libavformat/asfdec_o.c
+++ b/libavformat/asfdec_o.c
@@ -572,7 +572,8 @@ static int asf_read_metadata_obj(AVFormatContext *s, const GUIDParseTable *g)
                 if ((ret = process_metadata(s, name, name_len, val_len, type,
                                             &asf->asf_sd[st_num].asf_met)) < 0)
                     break;
-            }
+            } else
+                av_freep(&name);
         }
     }