diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ef2868..4fe4fe3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- avifenc - Removed accidental double-delete of avifImage when failing to read a y4m file input
 
 ## [0.5.2] - 2019-11-23
 ### Changed
diff --git a/apps/avifenc.c b/apps/avifenc.c
index 69662ad..f03f9ac 100644
--- a/apps/avifenc.c
+++ b/apps/avifenc.c
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
     avifRWData raw = AVIF_DATA_EMPTY;
 
     if (!y4mRead(avif, inputFilename)) {
-        avifImageDestroy(avif);
         returnCode = 1;
         goto cleanup;
     }