diff --git a/libavformat/ipmovie.c b/libavformat/ipmovie.c
index 3234d591da..26886d9592 100644
--- a/libavformat/ipmovie.c
+++ b/libavformat/ipmovie.c
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ static int load_ipmovie_packet(IPMVEContext *s, AVIOContext *pb,
 
         if (avio_read(pb, pkt->data + 8, s->video_chunk_size) !=
             s->video_chunk_size) {
-            av_packet_unref(pkt);
             return CHUNK_EOF;
         }
 
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ static int load_ipmovie_packet(IPMVEContext *s, AVIOContext *pb,
 
             if (avio_read(pb, pkt->data + 8 + s->video_chunk_size,
                 s->decode_map_chunk_size) != s->decode_map_chunk_size) {
-                av_packet_unref(pkt);
                 return CHUNK_EOF;
             }
         }
@@ -217,7 +215,6 @@ static int load_ipmovie_packet(IPMVEContext *s, AVIOContext *pb,
 
             if (avio_read(pb, pkt->data + 8 + s->video_chunk_size + s->decode_map_chunk_size,
                 s->skip_map_chunk_size) != s->skip_map_chunk_size) {
-                av_packet_unref(pkt);
                 return CHUNK_EOF;
             }
         }