diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index d6e3e50d66..e899e4d071 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3548,7 +3548,7 @@ void avformat_close_input(AVFormatContext **ps)
     s  = *ps;
     pb = s->pb;
 
-    if ((s->iformat && s->iformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE) ||
+    if ((s->iformat && strcmp(s->iformat->name, "image2") && s->iformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE) ||
         (s->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_CUSTOM_IO))
         pb = NULL;