diff --git a/libavformat/rtpenc_chain.c b/libavformat/rtpenc_chain.c
index b2aa12471f..302c14c11a 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpenc_chain.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpenc_chain.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int ff_rtp_chain_mux_open(AVFormatContext **out, AVFormatContext *s,
 
     if (ret) {
         if (handle && rtpctx->pb) {
-            avio_close(rtpctx->pb);
+            avio_closep(&rtpctx->pb);
         } else if (rtpctx->pb) {
             uint8_t *ptr;
             avio_close_dyn_buf(rtpctx->pb, &ptr);