diff --git a/player/lua.c b/player/lua.c
index d2b6b9e6d8..1121dbd3e6 100644
--- a/player/lua.c
+++ b/player/lua.c
@@ -1296,6 +1296,7 @@ static int script_autofree_call(lua_State *L)
 
 static int script_autofree_trampoline(lua_State *L)
 {
+    struct script_ctx *ctx = get_ctx(L);
     // n*args
     autofree_data data = {
         .target = lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(2)),  // fn
@@ -1307,7 +1308,7 @@ static int script_autofree_trampoline(lua_State *L)
     lua_insert(L, 1);  // autofree_call n*args
     lua_pushlightuserdata(L, &data);  // autofree_call n*args &data
 
-    data.ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+    data.ctx = talloc_new(ctx);
     int r = lua_pcall(L, lua_gettop(L) - 1, LUA_MULTRET, 0);  // m*retvals
     talloc_free(data.ctx);