diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_opencl.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_opencl.c
index 8754d73939..b00c1b6409 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_opencl.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_opencl.c
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ static void opencl_device_uninit(AVHWDeviceContext *hwdev)
             av_log(hwdev, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to release internal "
                    "command queue reference: %d.\n", cle);
         }
+        priv->command_queue = NULL;
     }
 }