diff --git a/libavformat/hdsenc.c b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
index 026530ac36..46f0026bce 100644
--- a/libavformat/hdsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ static void hds_free(AVFormatContext *s)
             av_write_trailer(os->ctx);
         if (os->ctx)
             avio_context_free(&os->ctx->pb);
-        if (os->ctx)
-            avformat_free_context(os->ctx);
+        avformat_free_context(os->ctx);
         av_freep(&os->metadata);
         for (j = 0; j < os->nb_extra_packets; j++)
             av_freep(&os->extra_packets[j]);