diff --git a/source/encoders/encoder-ffmpeg.cpp b/source/encoders/encoder-ffmpeg.cpp
index 949f2e00..ee3fade0 100644
--- a/source/encoders/encoder-ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/source/encoders/encoder-ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ ffmpeg_instance::~ffmpeg_instance()
 		}
 
 		// Close and free context.
-		avcodec_close(_context);
 		avcodec_free_context(&_context);
 	}