diff --git a/libavcodec/options.c b/libavcodec/options.c
index 7bdb0be5af..b98da9378a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options.c
+++ b/libavcodec/options.c
@@ -188,6 +188,19 @@ void avcodec_free_context(AVCodecContext **pavctx)
 }
 
 #if FF_API_COPY_CONTEXT
+static void copy_context_reset(AVCodecContext *avctx)
+{
+    av_opt_free(avctx);
+    av_freep(&avctx->rc_override);
+    av_freep(&avctx->intra_matrix);
+    av_freep(&avctx->inter_matrix);
+    av_freep(&avctx->extradata);
+    av_freep(&avctx->subtitle_header);
+    av_buffer_unref(&avctx->hw_frames_ctx);
+    avctx->subtitle_header_size = 0;
+    avctx->extradata_size = 0;
+}
+
 int avcodec_copy_context(AVCodecContext *dest, const AVCodecContext *src)
 {
     const AVCodec *orig_codec = dest->codec;
@@ -200,12 +213,7 @@ int avcodec_copy_context(AVCodecContext *dest, const AVCodecContext *src)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
 
-    av_opt_free(dest);
-    av_freep(&dest->rc_override);
-    av_freep(&dest->intra_matrix);
-    av_freep(&dest->inter_matrix);
-    av_freep(&dest->extradata);
-    av_freep(&dest->subtitle_header);
+    copy_context_reset(dest);
 
     memcpy(dest, src, sizeof(*dest));
     av_opt_copy(dest, src);
@@ -264,15 +272,7 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
     return 0;
 
 fail:
-    av_freep(&dest->subtitle_header);
-    av_freep(&dest->rc_override);
-    av_freep(&dest->intra_matrix);
-    av_freep(&dest->inter_matrix);
-    av_freep(&dest->extradata);
-    av_buffer_unref(&dest->hw_frames_ctx);
-    dest->subtitle_header_size = 0;
-    dest->extradata_size = 0;
-    av_opt_free(dest);
+    copy_context_reset(dest);
     return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 }
 #endif