diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVCodecDecoder.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVCodecDecoder.cpp
index f15c7437f2..c289f59bf1 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVCodecDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVCodecDecoder.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ AVCodecDecoder::~AVCodecDecoder()
 #endif
 
 	if (fCodecInitDone)
-		avcodec_close(fCodecContext);
+		avcodec_free_context(&fCodecContext);
 
 	swr_free(&fResampleContext);
 	free(fChunkBuffer);
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ AVCodecDecoder::~AVCodecDecoder()
 	av_free(fRawDecodedPicture);
 	av_free(fRawDecodedAudio->opaque);
 	av_free(fRawDecodedAudio);
-	avcodec_free_context(&fCodecContext);
 	av_free(fDecodedDataBuffer);
 
 	av_frame_free(&fFilterFrame);