diff --git a/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c b/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
index e4db9fc0b8..5d98ea8b7c 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
@@ -534,9 +534,9 @@ static MpegTSService *mpegts_add_service(MpegTSWrite *ts, int sid,
     service->provider_name = av_strdup(provider_name);
     service->name          = av_strdup(name);
     if (!service->provider_name || !service->name) {
-        free(service->provider_name);
-        free(service->name);
-        free(service);
+        av_freep(&service->provider_name);
+        av_freep(&service->name);
+        av_free(service);
         return NULL;
     }
     dynarray_add(&ts->services, &ts->nb_services, service);