diff --git a/libavcodec/vc1dec.c b/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
index 2ccbbd54a27ff8501ff01b0a6365e9eb1a971446..9d0f890a0298384d538051952d0d8c3c7c789635 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
@@ -355,8 +355,11 @@ av_cold int ff_vc1_decode_init_alloc_tables(VC1Context *v)
     ff_intrax8_common_init(&v->x8,s);
 
     if (s->avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_WMV3IMAGE || s->avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VC1IMAGE) {
-        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-            if (!(v->sr_rows[i >> 1][i & 1] = av_malloc(v->output_width))) return -1;
+        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            v->sr_rows[i >> 1][i & 1] = av_malloc(v->output_width);
+            if (!v->sr_rows[i >> 1][i & 1])
+                goto error;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!v->mv_type_mb_plane || !v->direct_mb_plane || !v->acpred_plane || !v->over_flags_plane ||