diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 32d0cf7f1b..b11afc285d 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -510,7 +510,12 @@ static void ffmpeg_cleanup(int ret)
     }
     for (i = 0; i < nb_output_streams; i++) {
         OutputStream *ost = output_streams[i];
-        AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc = ost->bitstream_filters;
+        AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc;
+
+        if (!ost)
+            continue;
+
+        bsfc = ost->bitstream_filters;
         while (bsfc) {
             AVBitStreamFilterContext *next = bsfc->next;
             av_bitstream_filter_close(bsfc);