diff --git a/libavcodec/libmp3lame.c b/libavcodec/libmp3lame.c
index db0bc8259c..086c7dc7f9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libmp3lame.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libmp3lame.c
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ static av_cold int MP3lame_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     avctx->frame_size = lame_get_framesize(s->gfp);
 
-    avctx->coded_frame= avcodec_alloc_frame();
+    if(!(avctx->coded_frame= avcodec_alloc_frame())) {
+        lame_close(s->gfp);
+
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    }
     avctx->coded_frame->key_frame= 1;
 
     return 0;