diff --git a/libavcodec/dcaadpcm.c b/libavcodec/dcaadpcm.c
index 8742c7ccf6..cc82241a5f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dcaadpcm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dcaadpcm.c
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ av_cold int ff_dcaadpcm_init(DCAADPCMEncContext *s)
         return -1;
 
     s->private_data = av_malloc(sizeof(premultiplied_coeffs) * DCA_ADPCM_VQCODEBOOK_SZ);
+    if (!s->private_data)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
     precalc(s->private_data);
     return 0;
 }