diff --git a/libavcodec/truemotion1.c b/libavcodec/truemotion1.c
index 5a387ca168..a1f497602e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/truemotion1.c
+++ b/libavcodec/truemotion1.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static av_cold int truemotion1_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     TrueMotion1Context *s = avctx->priv_data;
 
     av_frame_unref(&s->frame);
-    av_free(s->vert_pred);
+    av_freep(&s->vert_pred);
 
     return 0;
 }