diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index eaad2a4b17..fa64e5c188 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3778,8 +3778,8 @@ void avformat_free_context(AVFormatContext *s)
     av_freep(&s->chapters);
     av_dict_free(&s->metadata);
     av_freep(&s->streams);
-    av_freep(&s->internal);
     flush_packet_queue(s);
+    av_freep(&s->internal);
     av_free(s);
 }