diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 37f4979f6a..d1a1510858 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_decode_video2(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *pi
 
         emms_c(); //needed to avoid an emms_c() call before every return;
 
-        if (ret < 0 && picture->data[0])
+        if (ret < 0 && picture->buf[0])
             av_frame_unref(picture);
 
         if (*got_picture_ptr) {