diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 3d6fef685d..ad718cdaa2 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -6827,7 +6827,7 @@ static int mov_read_dvcc_dvvc(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
     ret = av_stream_add_side_data(st, AV_PKT_DATA_DOVI_CONF,
                                   (uint8_t *)dovi, dovi_size);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        av_freep(dovi);
+        av_free(dovi);
         return ret;
     }