diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_dctdnoiz.c b/libavfilter/vf_dctdnoiz.c
index a9017b1f1c..5cce9cb0e9 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_dctdnoiz.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_dctdnoiz.c
@@ -732,14 +732,14 @@ static av_cold void uninit(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     int i;
     DCTdnoizContext *s = ctx->priv;
 
-    av_free(s->weights);
+    av_freep(&s->weights);
     for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-        av_free(s->cbuf[i][0]);
-        av_free(s->cbuf[i][1]);
-        av_free(s->cbuf[i][2]);
+        av_freep(&s->cbuf[i][0]);
+        av_freep(&s->cbuf[i][1]);
+        av_freep(&s->cbuf[i][2]);
     }
     for (i = 0; i < s->nb_threads; i++) {
-        av_free(s->slices[i]);
+        av_freep(&s->slices[i]);
         av_expr_free(s->expr[i]);
     }
 }