diff --git a/libavcodec/libschroedinger.c b/libavcodec/libschroedinger.c
index ec9bde4880..242d354be3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libschroedinger.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libschroedinger.c
@@ -77,3 +77,56 @@ int ff_get_schro_frame_format (SchroChromaFormat schro_pix_fmt,
     }
     return -1;
 }
+
+static void FreeSchroFrame(SchroFrame *frame, void *priv)
+{
+    AVPicture *p_pic = priv;
+
+    if (!p_pic)
+        return;
+
+    avpicture_free(p_pic);
+    av_freep(&p_pic);
+}
+
+SchroFrame *ff_create_schro_frame(AVCodecContext *avccontext,
+                                  SchroFrameFormat schro_frame_fmt)
+{
+    AVPicture *p_pic;
+    SchroFrame *p_frame;
+    int y_width, uv_width;
+    int y_height, uv_height;
+    int i;
+
+    y_width   = avccontext->width;
+    y_height  = avccontext->height;
+    uv_width  = y_width  >> (SCHRO_FRAME_FORMAT_H_SHIFT(schro_frame_fmt));
+    uv_height = y_height >> (SCHRO_FRAME_FORMAT_V_SHIFT(schro_frame_fmt));
+
+    p_pic = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVPicture));
+    avpicture_alloc(p_pic, avccontext->pix_fmt, y_width, y_height);
+
+    p_frame         = schro_frame_new();
+    p_frame->format = schro_frame_fmt;
+    p_frame->width  = y_width;
+    p_frame->height = y_height;
+    schro_frame_set_free_callback(p_frame, FreeSchroFrame, (void *)p_pic);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
+        p_frame->components[i].width  = i ? uv_width : y_width;
+        p_frame->components[i].stride = p_pic->linesize[i];
+        p_frame->components[i].height = i ? uv_height : y_height;
+        p_frame->components[i].length =
+                 p_frame->components[i].stride * p_frame->components[i].height;
+        p_frame->components[i].data   = p_pic->data[i];
+
+        if (i) {
+            p_frame->components[i].v_shift =
+                SCHRO_FRAME_FORMAT_V_SHIFT(p_frame->format);
+            p_frame->components[i].h_shift =
+                SCHRO_FRAME_FORMAT_H_SHIFT(p_frame->format);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return p_frame;
+}
diff --git a/libavcodec/libschroedinger.h b/libavcodec/libschroedinger.h
index 71aa1b2251..cfc2087b47 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libschroedinger.h
+++ b/libavcodec/libschroedinger.h
@@ -53,4 +53,11 @@ SchroVideoFormatEnum ff_get_schro_video_format_preset (AVCodecContext *avccontex
 int ff_get_schro_frame_format(SchroChromaFormat schro_chroma_fmt,
                               SchroFrameFormat  *schro_frame_fmt);
 
+/**
+* Create a Schro frame based on the dimensions and frame format
+* passed. Returns a pointer to a frame on success, NULL on failure.
+*/
+SchroFrame *ff_create_schro_frame(AVCodecContext *avccontext,
+                                  SchroFrameFormat schro_frame_fmt);
+
 #endif /* AVCODEC_LIBSCHROEDINGER_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/libschroedingerdec.c b/libavcodec/libschroedingerdec.c
index 02ee24bb92..53ded57ba4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libschroedingerdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libschroedingerdec.c
@@ -256,11 +256,8 @@ static int libschroedinger_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avccontext,
 
             case SCHRO_DECODER_NEED_FRAME:
                 /* Decoder needs a frame - create one and push it in. */
-
-                frame = schro_frame_new_and_alloc(NULL,
-                                                  p_schro_params->frame_format,
-                                                  format->width,
-                                                  format->height);
+                frame = ff_create_schro_frame(avccontext,
+                                              p_schro_params->frame_format);
                 schro_decoder_add_output_picture(decoder, frame);
                 break;
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c b/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c
index 94033cc256..9f8d95cc3e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c
@@ -223,15 +223,13 @@ static SchroFrame *libschroedinger_frame_from_data(AVCodecContext *avccontext,
     /* Input line size may differ from what the codec supports. Especially
      * when transcoding from one format to another. So use avpicture_layout
      * to copy the frame. */
-    in_frame = schro_frame_new_and_alloc(NULL,
-                                         p_schro_params->frame_format,
-                                         p_schro_params->format->width,
-                                         p_schro_params->format->height);
+    in_frame = ff_create_schro_frame(avccontext, p_schro_params->frame_format);
 
-    avpicture_layout((AVPicture *)in_data, avccontext->pix_fmt,
-                     avccontext->width, avccontext->height,
-                     in_frame->components[0].data,
-                     p_schro_params->frame_size);
+    if (in_frame)
+        avpicture_layout((AVPicture *)in_data, avccontext->pix_fmt,
+                          avccontext->width, avccontext->height,
+                          in_frame->components[0].data,
+                          p_schro_params->frame_size);
 
     return in_frame;
 }