diff --git a/libavcodec/apedec.c b/libavcodec/apedec.c
index 0bee9d83f1..a81767307a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/apedec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/apedec.c
@@ -262,9 +262,8 @@ static av_cold int ape_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     for (i = 0; i < APE_FILTER_LEVELS; i++) {
         if (!ape_filter_orders[s->fset][i])
             break;
-        FF_ALLOC_OR_GOTO(avctx, s->filterbuf[i],
-                         (ape_filter_orders[s->fset][i] * 3 + HISTORY_SIZE) * 4,
-                         filter_alloc_fail);
+        if (!(s->filterbuf[i] = av_malloc((ape_filter_orders[s->fset][i] * 3 + HISTORY_SIZE) * 4)))
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     }
 
     if (s->fileversion < 3860) {
@@ -300,8 +299,6 @@ static av_cold int ape_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     avctx->channel_layout = (avctx->channels==2) ? AV_CH_LAYOUT_STEREO : AV_CH_LAYOUT_MONO;
 
     return 0;
-filter_alloc_fail:
-    return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 }
 
 /**