diff --git a/libavcodec/xwdenc.c b/libavcodec/xwdenc.c
index 8c98ef9f5d..d8001e4ac9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/xwdenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/xwdenc.c
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ static int xwd_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
     header_size = XWD_HEADER_SIZE + WINDOW_NAME_SIZE;
     out_size    = header_size + ncolors * XWD_CMAP_SIZE + avctx->height * lsize;
 
-    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(pkt, out_size)) < 0) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "output buffer too small\n");
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avctx, pkt, out_size)) < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
     buf = pkt->data;