diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 969fe0c3f1..bd3858b2ff 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1976,6 +1976,16 @@ int avcodec_decode_subtitle2(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVSubtitle *sub,
         int did_split = av_packet_split_side_data(&tmp);
         //apply_param_change(avctx, &tmp);
 
+        if (did_split) {
+            /* FFMIN() prevents overflow in case the packet wasn't allocated with
+             * proper padding.
+             * If the side data is smaller than the buffer padding size, the
+             * remaining bytes should have already been filled with zeros by the
+             * original packet allocation anyway. */
+            memset(tmp.data + tmp.size, 0,
+                   FFMIN(avpkt->size - tmp.size, FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE));
+        }
+
         pkt_recoded = tmp;
         ret = recode_subtitle(avctx, &pkt_recoded, &tmp);
         if (ret < 0) {