diff --git a/libavcodec/ffv1enc.c b/libavcodec/ffv1enc.c
index 78beb9a47e..a012df334f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ffv1enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ffv1enc.c
@@ -896,6 +896,8 @@ slices_ok:
 #define STATS_OUT_SIZE 1024 * 1024 * 6
     if (avctx->flags & CODEC_FLAG_PASS1) {
         avctx->stats_out = av_mallocz(STATS_OUT_SIZE);
+        if (!avctx->stats_out)
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
         for (i = 0; i < s->quant_table_count; i++)
             for (j = 0; j < s->slice_count; j++) {
                 FFV1Context *sf = s->slice_context[j];