diff --git a/avconv_opt.c b/avconv_opt.c
index 74e235b6d5bc68f697986877b553c8c8104296bb..16254299e227d2d4e5035ede67054e047a93fc9b 100644
--- a/avconv_opt.c
+++ b/avconv_opt.c
@@ -1136,6 +1136,10 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
             video_enc->rc_override =
                 av_realloc(video_enc->rc_override,
                            sizeof(RcOverride) * (i + 1));
+            if (!video_enc->rc_override) {
+                av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not (re)allocate memory for rc_override.\n");
+                exit_program(1);
+            }
             video_enc->rc_override[i].start_frame = start;
             video_enc->rc_override[i].end_frame   = end;
             if (q > 0) {