diff --git a/libavformat/riff.c b/libavformat/riff.c
index 8c4d797e93..ea598d272e 100644
--- a/libavformat/riff.c
+++ b/libavformat/riff.c
@@ -715,8 +715,7 @@ int ff_read_riff_info(AVFormatContext *s, int64_t size)
         AV_WL32(key, chunk_code);
 
         if (avio_read(pb, value, chunk_size) != chunk_size) {
-            av_freep(key);
-            av_freep(value);
+            av_freep(&value);
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "premature end of file while reading INFO tag\n");
             return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
         }