diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index 37983e9f0f..f4a6d84874 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -2888,15 +2888,17 @@ static int read_thread(void *arg)
     orig_nb_streams = ic->nb_streams;
 
     err = avformat_find_stream_info(ic, opts);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < orig_nb_streams; i++)
+        av_dict_free(&opts[i]);
+    av_freep(&opts);
+
     if (err < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
                "%s: could not find codec parameters\n", is->filename);
         ret = -1;
         goto fail;
     }
-    for (i = 0; i < orig_nb_streams; i++)
-        av_dict_free(&opts[i]);
-    av_freep(&opts);
 
     if (ic->pb)
         ic->pb->eof_reached = 0; // FIXME hack, ffplay maybe should not use avio_feof() to test for the end