diff --git a/libavformat/tee.c b/libavformat/tee.c
index 6d2ce53788..806beaa14f 100644
--- a/libavformat/tee.c
+++ b/libavformat/tee.c
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ static int tee_write_packet(AVFormatContext *avf, AVPacket *pkt)
         if (s2 < 0)
             continue;
 
-        if ((ret = av_copy_packet(&pkt2, pkt)) < 0 ||
-            (ret = av_dup_packet(&pkt2))< 0)
+        memset(&pkt2, 0, sizeof(AVPacket));
+        if ((ret = av_packet_ref(&pkt2, pkt)) < 0)
             if (!ret_all) {
                 ret_all = ret;
                 continue;