diff --git a/libavcodec/pcxenc.c b/libavcodec/pcxenc.c
index 65b3935476..27af2aa9dd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pcxenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pcxenc.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ static int pcx_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
     line_bytes = (line_bytes + 1) & ~1;
 
     max_pkt_size = 128 + avctx->height * 2 * line_bytes * nplanes + (pal ? 256*3 + 1 : 0);
-    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(pkt, max_pkt_size)) < 0) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet of size %d.\n", max_pkt_size);
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avctx, pkt, max_pkt_size)) < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
     buf     = pkt->data;