diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gsth265decoder.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gsth265decoder.c
index 177849a4ef..deb9522567 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gsth265decoder.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecs/gsth265decoder.c
@@ -650,6 +650,12 @@ gst_h265_decoder_parse_slice (GstH265Decoder * self, GstH265NalUnit * nalu,
     return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
   }
 
+  /* NOTE: gst_h265_parser_parse_slice_hdr() allocates array
+   * GstH265SliceHdr::entry_point_offset_minus1 but we don't use it
+   * in this h265decoder baseclass at the moment
+   */
+  gst_h265_slice_hdr_free (&priv->current_slice.header);
+
   priv->current_slice.nalu = *nalu;
 
   if (priv->current_slice.header.dependent_slice_segment_flag) {