diff --git a/libavcodec/roqvideoenc.c b/libavcodec/roqvideoenc.c
index 89879e81b3..157719a4dc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/roqvideoenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/roqvideoenc.c
@@ -960,9 +960,6 @@ static int roq_encode_video(RoqContext *enc)
     reconstruct_and_encode_image(enc, tempData, enc->width, enc->height,
                                  enc->width*enc->height/64);
 
-    av_frame_unref(enc->avctx->coded_frame);
-    av_frame_ref(enc->avctx->coded_frame, enc->current_frame);
-
     /* Rotate frame history */
     FFSWAP(AVFrame *, enc->current_frame, enc->last_frame);
     FFSWAP(motion_vect *, enc->last_motion4, enc->this_motion4);