diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
index 66f79bb021..e5d09752cb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
@@ -1612,6 +1612,7 @@ int ff_qsv_enc_close(AVCodecContext *avctx, QSVEncContext *q)
     while (cur) {
         q->work_frames = cur->next;
         av_frame_free(&cur->frame);
+        free_encoder_ctrl_payloads(&cur->enc_ctrl);
         av_freep(&cur);
         cur = q->work_frames;
     }