diff --git a/libavcodec/bsf.c b/libavcodec/bsf.c
index 62fe7ae5e8..8ba021cb47 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bsf.c
+++ b/libavcodec/bsf.c
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ int av_bsf_send_packet(AVBSFContext *ctx, AVPacket *pkt)
     int ret;
 
     if (!pkt || IS_EMPTY(pkt)) {
+        if (pkt)
+            av_packet_unref(pkt);
         bsfi->eof = 1;
         return 0;
     }