diff --git a/libavcodec/indeo3.c b/libavcodec/indeo3.c
index a6658b717d..7959f91b4f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/indeo3.c
+++ b/libavcodec/indeo3.c
@@ -148,6 +148,20 @@ static av_cold void build_requant_tab(void)
 }
 
 
+static av_cold void free_frame_buffers(Indeo3DecodeContext *ctx)
+{
+    int p;
+
+    ctx->width = ctx->height = 0;
+
+    for (p = 0; p < 3; p++) {
+        av_freep(&ctx->planes[p].buffers[0]);
+        av_freep(&ctx->planes[p].buffers[1]);
+        ctx->planes[p].pixels[0] = ctx->planes[p].pixels[1] = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+
 static av_cold int allocate_frame_buffers(Indeo3DecodeContext *ctx,
                                           AVCodecContext *avctx, int luma_width, int luma_height)
 {
@@ -188,6 +202,11 @@ static av_cold int allocate_frame_buffers(Indeo3DecodeContext *ctx,
         ctx->planes[p].buffers[0] = av_malloc(!p ? luma_size : chroma_size);
         ctx->planes[p].buffers[1] = av_malloc(!p ? luma_size : chroma_size);
 
+        if (!ctx->planes[p].buffers[0] || !ctx->planes[p].buffers[1]) {
+            free_frame_buffers(ctx);
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        }
+
         /* fill the INTRA prediction lines with the middle pixel value = 64 */
         memset(ctx->planes[p].buffers[0], 0x40, ctx->planes[p].pitch);
         memset(ctx->planes[p].buffers[1], 0x40, ctx->planes[p].pitch);
@@ -202,22 +221,6 @@ static av_cold int allocate_frame_buffers(Indeo3DecodeContext *ctx,
     return 0;
 }
 
-
-static av_cold void free_frame_buffers(Indeo3DecodeContext *ctx)
-{
-    int p;
-
-    ctx->width=
-    ctx->height= 0;
-
-    for (p = 0; p < 3; p++) {
-        av_freep(&ctx->planes[p].buffers[0]);
-        av_freep(&ctx->planes[p].buffers[1]);
-        ctx->planes[p].pixels[0] = ctx->planes[p].pixels[1] = 0;
-    }
-}
-
-
 /**
  *  Copy pixels of the cell(x + mv_x, y + mv_y) from the previous frame into
  *  the cell(x, y) in the current frame.