diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp
index 7531060629..b10b62bab5 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ StreamBase::~StreamBase()
 		avformat_close_input(&fContext);
 	av_free_packet(&fPacket);
 	av_free(fContext);
-	av_free(fIOContext->buffer);
+	if(fIOContext)
+		av_free(fIOContext->buffer);
 	av_free(fIOContext);
 }