diff --git a/libavcodec/lpc.c b/libavcodec/lpc.c
index 144bbede44..995e4e2ad4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/lpc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/lpc.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int ff_lpc_calc_coefs(LPCContext *s,
     double autoc[MAX_LPC_ORDER+1];
     double ref[MAX_LPC_ORDER];
     double lpc[MAX_LPC_ORDER][MAX_LPC_ORDER];
-    int i, j, pass;
+    int i, j, pass = 0;
     int opt_order;
 
     assert(max_order >= MIN_LPC_ORDER && max_order <= MAX_LPC_ORDER &&
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int ff_lpc_calc_coefs(LPCContext *s,
         ff_lpc_init(s, blocksize, max_order, lpc_type);
     }
 
-    if (lpc_type == FF_LPC_TYPE_LEVINSON) {
+    if (lpc_type == FF_LPC_TYPE_LEVINSON || (lpc_type == FF_LPC_TYPE_CHOLESKY && lpc_passes > 1)) {
         s->lpc_apply_welch_window(samples, blocksize, s->windowed_samples);
 
         s->lpc_compute_autocorr(s->windowed_samples, blocksize, max_order, autoc);
@@ -198,13 +198,20 @@ int ff_lpc_calc_coefs(LPCContext *s,
 
         for(i=0; i<max_order; i++)
             ref[i] = fabs(lpc[i][i]);
-    } else if (lpc_type == FF_LPC_TYPE_CHOLESKY) {
+
+        pass++;
+    }
+
+    if (lpc_type == FF_LPC_TYPE_CHOLESKY) {
         LLSModel m[2];
         LOCAL_ALIGNED(32, double, var, [FFALIGN(MAX_LPC_ORDER+1,4)]);
         double av_uninit(weight);
         memset(var, 0, FFALIGN(MAX_LPC_ORDER+1,4)*sizeof(*var));
 
-        for(pass=0; pass<lpc_passes; pass++){
+        for(j=0; j<max_order; j++)
+            m[0].coeff[max_order-1][j] = -lpc[max_order-1][j];
+
+        for(; pass<lpc_passes; pass++){
             avpriv_init_lls(&m[pass&1], max_order);
 
             weight=0;
@@ -259,15 +266,11 @@ av_cold int ff_lpc_init(LPCContext *s, int blocksize, int max_order,
     s->max_order = max_order;
     s->lpc_type  = lpc_type;
 
-    if (lpc_type == FF_LPC_TYPE_LEVINSON) {
-        s->windowed_buffer = av_mallocz((blocksize + 2 + FFALIGN(max_order, 4)) *
-                                        sizeof(*s->windowed_samples));
-        if (!s->windowed_buffer)
-            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-        s->windowed_samples = s->windowed_buffer + FFALIGN(max_order, 4);
-    } else {
-        s->windowed_samples = NULL;
-    }
+    s->windowed_buffer = av_mallocz((blocksize + 2 + FFALIGN(max_order, 4)) *
+                                    sizeof(*s->windowed_samples));
+    if (!s->windowed_buffer)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    s->windowed_samples = s->windowed_buffer + FFALIGN(max_order, 4);
 
     s->lpc_apply_welch_window = lpc_apply_welch_window_c;
     s->lpc_compute_autocorr   = lpc_compute_autocorr_c;