diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
index 1cdb9e993e..ce417c3352 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/mpegtspacketizer.c
@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ static void
 mpegts_packetizer_stream_free (MpegTSPacketizerStream * stream)
 {
   mpegts_packetizer_clear_section (stream);
-  if (stream->section_data)
-    g_free (stream->section_data);
   g_slist_foreach (stream->subtables,
       (GFunc) mpegts_packetizer_stream_subtable_free, NULL);
   g_slist_free (stream->subtables);
@@ -984,6 +982,7 @@ mpegts_packetizer_push_section (MpegTSPacketizer2 * packetizer,
       GST_LOG
           ("PID 0x%04x PUSI and pointer == 0, skipping straight to section_start parsing",
           packet->pid);
+      mpegts_packetizer_clear_section (stream);
       goto section_start;
     }
   }