diff --git a/libavcodec/qtrleenc.c b/libavcodec/qtrleenc.c
index 6ca4a3e818..565766b356 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qtrleenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qtrleenc.c
@@ -310,9 +310,7 @@ static int qtrle_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
 
     *p = *pict;
 
-    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(pkt, s->max_buf_size)) < 0) {
-        /* Upper bound check for compressed data */
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet of size %d.\n", s->max_buf_size);
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avctx, pkt, s->max_buf_size)) < 0) {
         return ret;
     }