diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 309fb97a0d..c2beeaee7a 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ int av_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING,
                    "Dropped corrupted packet (stream = %d)\n",
                    pkt->stream_index);
+            av_free_packet(pkt);
             continue;
         }