diff --git a/libavcodec/qdm2.c b/libavcodec/qdm2.c
index 269a051f69e0f2c0567129c4c1afacf15860db05..1286cc5163897f9c55630ec77412ffbc6577de97 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qdm2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qdm2.c
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ typedef struct {
  * QDM2 decoder context
  */
 typedef struct {
-    AVFrame frame;
-
     /// Parameters from codec header, do not change during playback
     int nb_channels;         ///< number of channels
     int channels;            ///< number of channels
@@ -1841,9 +1839,6 @@ static av_cold int qdm2_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     avctx->sample_fmt = AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16;
 
-    avcodec_get_frame_defaults(&s->frame);
-    avctx->coded_frame = &s->frame;
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1921,6 +1916,7 @@ static int qdm2_decode (QDM2Context *q, const uint8_t *in, int16_t *out)
 static int qdm2_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
                              int *got_frame_ptr, AVPacket *avpkt)
 {
+    AVFrame *frame     = data;
     const uint8_t *buf = avpkt->data;
     int buf_size = avpkt->size;
     QDM2Context *s = avctx->priv_data;
@@ -1933,12 +1929,12 @@ static int qdm2_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
         return -1;
 
     /* get output buffer */
-    s->frame.nb_samples = 16 * s->frame_size;
-    if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, &s->frame)) < 0) {
+    frame->nb_samples = 16 * s->frame_size;
+    if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, frame)) < 0) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "get_buffer() failed\n");
         return ret;
     }
-    out = (int16_t *)s->frame.data[0];
+    out = (int16_t *)frame->data[0];
 
     for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
         if (qdm2_decode(s, buf, out) < 0)
@@ -1946,8 +1942,7 @@ static int qdm2_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
         out += s->channels * s->frame_size;
     }
 
-    *got_frame_ptr   = 1;
-    *(AVFrame *)data = s->frame;
+    *got_frame_ptr = 1;
 
     return s->checksum_size;
 }