diff --git a/libavcodec/bfi.c b/libavcodec/bfi.c
index c7ac3782cb..77bca4902f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bfi.c
+++ b/libavcodec/bfi.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int bfi_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
 static av_cold int bfi_decode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     BFIContext *bfi = avctx->priv_data;
-    av_free(bfi->dst);
+    av_freep(&bfi->dst);
     return 0;
 }