diff --git a/libavcodec/parser.c b/libavcodec/parser.c
index 55c2f527a20eaaf3b8d223b2beb152dc53f6dc8a..d1e1574a6517357c3ca4efa4a9f409851c187e76 100644
--- a/libavcodec/parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/parser.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void av_parser_close(AVCodecParserContext *s)
     if (s) {
         if (s->parser->parser_close)
             s->parser->parser_close(s);
-        av_free(s->priv_data);
+        av_freep(&s->priv_data);
         av_free(s);
     }
 }