diff --git a/libavcodec/rpza.c b/libavcodec/rpza.c
index d209f58d9a..70d145e5a4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rpza.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rpza.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 typedef struct RpzaContext {
 
     AVCodecContext *avctx;
-    AVFrame frame;
+    AVFrame *frame;
 
     const unsigned char *buf;
     int size;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ typedef struct RpzaContext {
 static void rpza_decode_stream(RpzaContext *s)
 {
     int width = s->avctx->width;
-    int stride = s->frame.linesize[0] / 2;
+    int stride = s->frame->linesize[0] / 2;
     int row_inc = stride - 4;
     int stream_ptr = 0;
     int chunk_size;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void rpza_decode_stream(RpzaContext *s)
     unsigned short color4[4];
     unsigned char index, idx;
     unsigned short ta, tb;
-    unsigned short *pixels = (unsigned short *)s->frame.data[0];
+    unsigned short *pixels = (unsigned short *)s->frame->data[0];
 
     int row_ptr = 0;
     int pixel_ptr = 0;
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ static av_cold int rpza_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     s->avctx = avctx;
     avctx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_RGB555;
 
-    avcodec_get_frame_defaults(&s->frame);
+    s->frame = av_frame_alloc();
+    if (!s->frame)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -256,14 +258,14 @@ static int rpza_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     s->buf = buf;
     s->size = buf_size;
 
-    if ((ret = ff_reget_buffer(avctx, &s->frame)) < 0) {
+    if ((ret = ff_reget_buffer(avctx, s->frame)) < 0) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "reget_buffer() failed\n");
         return ret;
     }
 
     rpza_decode_stream(s);
 
-    if ((ret = av_frame_ref(data, &s->frame)) < 0)
+    if ((ret = av_frame_ref(data, s->frame)) < 0)
         return ret;
 
     *got_frame      = 1;
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ static av_cold int rpza_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     RpzaContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
 
-    av_frame_unref(&s->frame);
+    av_frame_free(&s->frame);
 
     return 0;
 }