diff --git a/libavformat/audiointerleave.c b/libavformat/audiointerleave.c
index 6d24ff5c7f..1243f43c18 100644
--- a/libavformat/audiointerleave.c
+++ b/libavformat/audiointerleave.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int ff_audio_interleave_init(AVFormatContext *s,
             aic->time_base = time_base;
 
             aic->fifo_size = 100* *aic->samples;
-            aic->fifo= av_fifo_alloc(100 * *aic->samples);
+            aic->fifo= av_fifo_alloc_array(100, *aic->samples);
         }
     }