diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index ae71763a87..05d4fda52c 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ int av_open_input_stream(AVFormatContext **ic_ptr,
         goto fail;
     ic->pb = ic->pb ? ic->pb : pb; // don't leak custom pb if it wasn't set above
 
-    *ic_ptr = ic;
 fail:
+    *ic_ptr = ic;
     av_dict_free(&opts);
     return err;
 }