diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index d4ce97792d80f228784f854d5472508f7d178eac..02cdb56a0522863df8a421c720d4fd13bd194c43 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ void avfilter_destroy(AVFilterContext *filter)
 
     for(i = 0; i < filter->input_count; i ++) {
         if(filter->inputs[i]) {
+            if (filter->inputs[i]->src)
             filter->inputs[i]->src->outputs[filter->inputs[i]->srcpad] = NULL;
             avfilter_formats_unref(&filter->inputs[i]->in_formats);
             avfilter_formats_unref(&filter->inputs[i]->out_formats);
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ void avfilter_destroy(AVFilterContext *filter)
     }
     for(i = 0; i < filter->output_count; i ++) {
         if(filter->outputs[i]) {
+            if (filter->outputs[i]->dst)
             filter->outputs[i]->dst->inputs[filter->outputs[i]->dstpad] = NULL;
             avfilter_formats_unref(&filter->outputs[i]->in_formats);
             avfilter_formats_unref(&filter->outputs[i]->out_formats);