diff --git a/libavcodec/cdxl.c b/libavcodec/cdxl.c
index 468b294865..e6bcaeaa09 100644
--- a/libavcodec/cdxl.c
+++ b/libavcodec/cdxl.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static av_cold int cdxl_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     CDXLVideoContext *c = avctx->priv_data;
 
-    av_free(c->new_video);
+    av_freep(&c->new_video);
 
     return 0;
 }