diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.c b/libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.c
index 184fe5402a..7dd35d4630 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.c
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void ff_dnn_free_model_native(DNNModel **model)
             }
             av_freep(&network->layers[layer].params);
         }
-        av_freep(network);
+        av_freep(&network);
         av_freep(model);
     }
 }