diff --git a/libavcodec/crystalhd.c b/libavcodec/crystalhd.c
index 3c8021748f..851abd7ddd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/crystalhd.c
+++ b/libavcodec/crystalhd.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ typedef struct {
     AVFrame pic;
     HANDLE dev;
 
+    AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc;
     AVCodecParserContext *parser;
 
     uint8_t is_70012;
@@ -338,6 +339,9 @@ static av_cold int uninit(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     DtsDeviceClose(device);
 
     av_parser_close(priv->parser);
+    if (priv->bsfc) {
+        av_bitstream_filter_close(priv->bsfc);
+    }
 
     av_free(priv->sps_pps_buf);
 
@@ -397,7 +401,6 @@ static av_cold int init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         {
             uint8_t *dummy_p;
             int dummy_int;
-            AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc;
 
             uint32_t orig_data_size = avctx->extradata_size;
             uint8_t *orig_data = av_malloc(orig_data_size);
@@ -409,16 +412,15 @@ static av_cold int init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
             memcpy(orig_data, avctx->extradata, orig_data_size);
 
 
-            bsfc = av_bitstream_filter_init("h264_mp4toannexb");
-            if (!bsfc) {
+            priv->bsfc = av_bitstream_filter_init("h264_mp4toannexb");
+            if (!priv->bsfc) {
                 av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "Cannot open the h264_mp4toannexb BSF!\n");
                 av_free(orig_data);
                 return AVERROR_BSF_NOT_FOUND;
             }
-            av_bitstream_filter_filter(bsfc, avctx, NULL, &dummy_p,
+            av_bitstream_filter_filter(priv->bsfc, avctx, NULL, &dummy_p,
                                        &dummy_int, NULL, 0, 0);
-            av_bitstream_filter_close(bsfc);
 
             priv->sps_pps_buf     = avctx->extradata;
             priv->sps_pps_size    = avctx->extradata_size;