diff --git a/deps/media-playback/media-playback/decode.c b/deps/media-playback/media-playback/decode.c
index eb921374f..4d1f04b95 100644
--- a/deps/media-playback/media-playback/decode.c
+++ b/deps/media-playback/media-playback/decode.c
@@ -114,10 +114,8 @@ static int mp_open_codec(struct mp_decode *d, bool hw)
 
 fail:
 	avcodec_free_context(&c);
+	avcodec_free_context(&d->decoder);
 
-#if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 40, 101)
-	av_free(d->decoder);
-#endif
 	return ret;
 }