diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 0910fca7e2..b086665478 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -124,13 +124,16 @@ static void *avformat_mutex;
 
 static inline int ff_fast_malloc(void *ptr, unsigned int *size, size_t min_size, int zero_realloc)
 {
-    void **p = ptr;
-    if (min_size <= *size && *p)
+    void *val;
+
+    memcpy(&val, ptr, sizeof(val));
+    if (min_size <= *size && val)
         return 0;
     min_size = FFMAX(min_size + min_size / 16 + 32, min_size);
-    av_free(*p);
-    *p = zero_realloc ? av_mallocz(min_size) : av_malloc(min_size);
-    if (!*p)
+    av_freep(ptr);
+    val = zero_realloc ? av_mallocz(min_size) : av_malloc(min_size);
+    memcpy(ptr, &val, sizeof(val));
+    if (!val)
         min_size = 0;
     *size = min_size;
     return 1;