diff --git a/libavcodec/aaccoder.c b/libavcodec/aaccoder.c
index 36a49a7538..c2b0e241a9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aaccoder.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aaccoder.c
@@ -721,6 +721,9 @@ static void search_for_quantizers_twoloop(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     int allz = 0;
     float minthr = INFINITY;
 
+    // for values above this the decoder might end up in an endless loop
+    // due to always having more bits than what can be encoded.
+    destbits = FFMIN(destbits, 5800);
     //XXX: some heuristic to determine initial quantizers will reduce search time
     //determine zero bands and upper limits
     for (w = 0; w < sce->ics.num_windows; w += sce->ics.group_len[w]) {
diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.c b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
index 503a4a5f40..6021c375bb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
@@ -571,13 +571,14 @@ static int aac_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt,
         }
         start_ch += chans;
     }
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(avpkt, 768 * s->channels))) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet\n");
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     do {
         int frame_bits;
 
-        if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(avpkt, 768 * s->channels))) {
-            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet\n");
-            return ret;
-        }
         init_put_bits(&s->pb, avpkt->data, avpkt->size);
 
         if ((avctx->frame_number & 0xFF)==1 && !(avctx->flags & CODEC_FLAG_BITEXACT))