diff --git a/libswscale/utils.c b/libswscale/utils.c
index 05ec6ca7a8..aa3d10ab46 100644
--- a/libswscale/utils.c
+++ b/libswscale/utils.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ av_cold int sws_init_context(SwsContext *c, SwsFilter *srcFilter,
     c->chrDstW = FF_CEIL_RSHIFT(dstW, c->chrDstHSubSample);
     c->chrDstH = FF_CEIL_RSHIFT(dstH, c->chrDstVSubSample);
 
-    FF_ALLOC_OR_GOTO(c, c->formatConvBuffer, FFALIGN(srcW*2+78, 16) * 2, fail);
+    FF_ALLOCZ_OR_GOTO(c, c->formatConvBuffer, FFALIGN(srcW*2+78, 16) * 2, fail);
 
     /* unscaled special cases */
     if (unscaled && !usesHFilter && !usesVFilter &&