diff --git a/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c b/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c
index b7ed0dc783..bc16eb735b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static int dvbsub_parse_region_segment(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     region->height = AV_RB16(buf);
     buf += 2;
 
-    ret = av_image_check_size(region->width, region->height, 0, avctx);
+    ret = av_image_check_size2(region->width, region->height, avctx->max_pixels, AV_PIX_FMT_PAL8, 0, avctx);
     if (ret < 0) {
         region->width= region->height= 0;
         return ret;