diff --git a/selfdrive/loggerd/omx_encoder.cc b/selfdrive/loggerd/omx_encoder.cc
index 4bda785e89..7977cfd90c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/loggerd/omx_encoder.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/loggerd/omx_encoder.cc
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ void OmxEncoder::encoder_close() {
       avformat_free_context(this->ofmt_ctx);
     } else {
       fclose(this->of);
+      this->of = nullptr;
     }
     unlink(this->lock_path);
   }