diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
index 4e7f61c651..246683ff58 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.c
+++ b/libavformat/avio.c
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ static int url_alloc_for_protocol(URLContext **puc, const URLProtocol *up,
                 }
                 if(ret<0 || p!=key){
                     av_log(uc, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error parsing options string %s\n", start);
-                    av_freep(&uc->priv_data);
-                    av_freep(&uc);
                     err = AVERROR(EINVAL);
                     goto fail;
                 }