diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index 7e166e04f8..7b114676aa 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -627,22 +627,22 @@ AVFilterContext *ff_filter_alloc(const AVFilter *filter, const char *inst_name)
 
     ret->nb_inputs = avfilter_pad_count(filter->inputs);
     if (ret->nb_inputs ) {
-        ret->input_pads   = av_malloc(sizeof(AVFilterPad) * ret->nb_inputs);
+        ret->input_pads   = av_malloc_array(ret->nb_inputs, sizeof(AVFilterPad));
         if (!ret->input_pads)
             goto err;
         memcpy(ret->input_pads, filter->inputs, sizeof(AVFilterPad) * ret->nb_inputs);
-        ret->inputs       = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVFilterLink*) * ret->nb_inputs);
+        ret->inputs       = av_mallocz_array(ret->nb_inputs, sizeof(AVFilterLink*));
         if (!ret->inputs)
             goto err;
     }
 
     ret->nb_outputs = avfilter_pad_count(filter->outputs);
     if (ret->nb_outputs) {
-        ret->output_pads  = av_malloc(sizeof(AVFilterPad) * ret->nb_outputs);
+        ret->output_pads  = av_malloc_array(ret->nb_outputs, sizeof(AVFilterPad));
         if (!ret->output_pads)
             goto err;
         memcpy(ret->output_pads, filter->outputs, sizeof(AVFilterPad) * ret->nb_outputs);
-        ret->outputs      = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVFilterLink*) * ret->nb_outputs);
+        ret->outputs      = av_mallocz_array(ret->nb_outputs, sizeof(AVFilterLink*));
         if (!ret->outputs)
             goto err;
     }