diff --git a/libavcodec/movtextdec.c b/libavcodec/movtextdec.c
index 81fd1d6deb..6de15004fc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/movtextdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/movtextdec.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static int mov_text_decode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     MovTextContext *m = avctx->priv_data;
     mov_text_cleanup_ftab(m);
+    mov_text_cleanup(m);
     return 0;
 }