diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 29909e9ae7ebc1612db27efb6b1fc99e2b03c2e3..66d920000881bafee6cf57b43a7bc8173cd06e9b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -2035,12 +2035,10 @@ static int alloc_tables(H264Context *h){
     CHECKED_ALLOCZ(h->slice_table_base  , (big_mb_num+s->mb_stride) * sizeof(uint8_t))
     CHECKED_ALLOCZ(h->cbp_table, big_mb_num * sizeof(uint16_t))
 
-    if( h->pps.cabac ) {
         CHECKED_ALLOCZ(h->chroma_pred_mode_table, big_mb_num * sizeof(uint8_t))
         CHECKED_ALLOCZ(h->mvd_table[0], 32*big_mb_num * sizeof(uint16_t));
         CHECKED_ALLOCZ(h->mvd_table[1], 32*big_mb_num * sizeof(uint16_t));
         CHECKED_ALLOCZ(h->direct_table, 32*big_mb_num * sizeof(uint8_t));
-    }
 
     memset(h->slice_table_base, -1, (big_mb_num+s->mb_stride)  * sizeof(uint8_t));
     h->slice_table= h->slice_table_base + s->mb_stride*2 + 1;