diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 46dc5109d1..5a35953d24 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -4046,8 +4046,8 @@ void avformat_free_context(AVFormatContext *s)
     av_freep(&s->chapters);
     av_dict_free(&s->metadata);
     av_freep(&s->streams);
-    av_freep(&s->internal);
     flush_packet_queue(s);
+    av_freep(&s->internal);
     av_free(s);
 }