diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c
index 2f80fb0952..94dd545c6f 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_av/avformat.c
@@ -1157,8 +1157,6 @@ static switch_status_t open_input_file(av_file_context_t *context, switch_file_h
 	if ((error = avformat_open_input(&context->fc, filename, NULL, NULL)) < 0) {
 		char ebuf[255] = "";
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_WARNING, "Could not open input file '%s' (error '%s')\n", filename, get_error_text(error, ebuf, sizeof(ebuf)));
-		avformat_free_context(context->fc);
-		context->fc = NULL;
 		switch_goto_status(SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE, err);
 	}
 	
@@ -1334,6 +1332,11 @@ GCC_DIAG_ON(deprecated-declarations)
 	return status;
 
 err:
+	if (context->fc) {
+		avformat_free_context(context->fc);
+		context->fc = NULL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	if (context->has_video) close_stream(context->fc, &context->video_st);
 	if (context->has_audio) close_stream(context->fc, &context->audio_st);