diff --git a/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c b/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c
index 65f5dc5178..716e9e9b2a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlp_parser.c
@@ -293,5 +293,5 @@ AVCodecParser mlp_parser = {
     sizeof(MLPParseContext),
     mlp_init,
     mlp_parse,
-    NULL,
+    ff_parse_close,
 };