diff --git a/libavcodec/asv1.c b/libavcodec/asv1.c
index c123125d46..ea7f052171 100644
--- a/libavcodec/asv1.c
+++ b/libavcodec/asv1.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "avcodec.h"
+#include "internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/common.h"
 #include "put_bits.h"
 #include "dsputil.h"
@@ -471,10 +472,8 @@ static int encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
     int size, ret;
     int mb_x, mb_y;
 
-    if (!pkt->data &&
-        (ret = av_new_packet(pkt, a->mb_height*a->mb_width*MAX_MB_SIZE +
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avctx, pkt, a->mb_height*a->mb_width*MAX_MB_SIZE +
                                   FF_MIN_BUFFER_SIZE)) < 0) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet.\n");
         return ret;
     }