diff --git a/libavformat/flvdec.c b/libavformat/flvdec.c
index 22a9b9e4a7..1fb3e0cd3f 100644
--- a/libavformat/flvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/flvdec.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ static int flv_parse_video_color_info(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, int64_t
         return TYPE_UNKNOWN;
     }
 
+    av_free(flv->metaVideoColor);
     if (!(flv->metaVideoColor = av_mallocz(sizeof(FLVMetaVideoColor)))) {
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     }