diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
index 18ac002b3..9e3a14abf 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ ffmpeg_decode(Decoder &decoder, InputStream &input)
 #elif LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(54, 28, 0)
 	avcodec_free_frame(&frame);
 #else
-	av_freep(&frame);
+	av_free(frame);
 #endif
 
 	avcodec_close(codec_context);