diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
index 3aa35d5ef3..69b10bb164 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
@@ -3074,6 +3074,10 @@ void ff_mpeg_flush(AVCodecContext *avctx){
         ff_mpeg_unref_picture(s, &s->picture[i]);
     s->current_picture_ptr = s->last_picture_ptr = s->next_picture_ptr = NULL;
 
+    ff_mpeg_unref_picture(s, &s->current_picture);
+    ff_mpeg_unref_picture(s, &s->last_picture);
+    ff_mpeg_unref_picture(s, &s->next_picture);
+
     s->mb_x= s->mb_y= 0;
     s->closed_gop= 0;