diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index ed5d7092fef5d69364ea7e70f7b5cec3ca354061..ad5547f874ed8cdcea18b62f31744cf6bdae87a8 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -1573,8 +1573,8 @@ static int output_packet(InputStream *ist, int ist_index,
         if (ist->decoding_needed) {
             switch(ist->st->codec->codec_type) {
             case AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO:{
-                if(pkt && samples_size < FFMAX(pkt->size*sizeof(*samples), AVCODEC_MAX_AUDIO_FRAME_SIZE)) {
-                    samples_size = FFMAX(pkt->size*sizeof(*samples), AVCODEC_MAX_AUDIO_FRAME_SIZE);
+                if(pkt && samples_size < FFMAX(pkt->size * bps, AVCODEC_MAX_AUDIO_FRAME_SIZE)) {
+                    samples_size = FFMAX(pkt->size * bps, AVCODEC_MAX_AUDIO_FRAME_SIZE);
                     av_free(samples);
                     samples= av_malloc(samples_size);
                 }