diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 564c99487..aa3eece70 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.19.20 (not yet released)
+* decoder
+  - ffmpeg: fix crash bug
 
 ver 0.19.20 (2016/12/09)
 * protocol
diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
index fc287328a..915ad3e41 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ FfmpegOpenInput(AVIOContext *pb,
 
 	int err = avformat_open_input(&context, filename, fmt, nullptr);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		avformat_free_context(context);
 		SetFfmpegError(error, err, "avformat_open_input() failed");
 		return nullptr;
 	}