diff --git a/libavcodec/omx.c b/libavcodec/omx.c
index 0c61c2f536..05c874323c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/omx.c
+++ b/libavcodec/omx.c
@@ -352,12 +352,12 @@ static av_cold int find_component(OMXContext *omx_context, void *logctx,
         av_log(logctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "No component for role %s found\n", role);
         return AVERROR_ENCODER_NOT_FOUND;
     }
-    components = av_mallocz(sizeof(char*) * num);
+    components = av_mallocz_array(num, sizeof(*components));
     if (!components)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
         components[i] = av_mallocz(OMX_MAX_STRINGNAME_SIZE);
-        if (!components) {
+        if (!components[i]) {
             ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
             goto end;
         }