diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
index eb4a2a5289..8b53a3b87a 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ err:
     if (ff_safe_queue_push_back(tf_model->request_queue, request) < 0) {
         destroy_request_item(&request);
     }
-    dnn_free_model_tf(&tf_model->model);
+
     return ret;
 }