diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/FrameDump.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/FrameDump.cpp
index ceba863b89..2773c0e0fe 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/FrameDump.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/FrameDump.cpp
@@ -333,12 +333,18 @@ void FrameDump::AddFrame(const FrameData& frame)
 
 void FrameDump::ProcessPackets()
 {
+  auto pkt = std::unique_ptr<AVPacket, std::function<void(AVPacket*)>>(
+      av_packet_alloc(), [](AVPacket* packet) { av_packet_free(&packet); });
+
+  if (!pkt)
+  {
+    ERROR_LOG_FMT(FRAMEDUMP, "Could not allocate packet");
+    return;
+  }
+
   while (true)
   {
-    AVPacket pkt;
-    av_init_packet(&pkt);
-
-    const int receive_error = avcodec_receive_packet(m_context->codec, &pkt);
+    const int receive_error = avcodec_receive_packet(m_context->codec, pkt.get());
 
     if (receive_error == AVERROR(EAGAIN) || receive_error == AVERROR_EOF)
     {
@@ -352,10 +358,10 @@ void FrameDump::ProcessPackets()
       break;
     }
 
-    av_packet_rescale_ts(&pkt, m_context->codec->time_base, m_context->stream->time_base);
-    pkt.stream_index = m_context->stream->index;
+    av_packet_rescale_ts(pkt.get(), m_context->codec->time_base, m_context->stream->time_base);
+    pkt->stream_index = m_context->stream->index;
 
-    if (const int write_error = av_interleaved_write_frame(m_context->format, &pkt))
+    if (const int write_error = av_interleaved_write_frame(m_context->format, pkt.get()))
     {
       ERROR_LOG_FMT(FRAMEDUMP, "Error writing packet: {}", write_error);
       break;