diff --git a/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c b/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c
index 3cc74bd88d..10e6e141aa 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c
@@ -2531,9 +2531,11 @@ static int wavpack_encode_block(WavPackEncodeContext *s,
 
     if ((s->flags & WV_FLOAT_DATA) || (s->flags & MAG_MASK) >> MAG_LSB >= 24) {
         av_fast_padded_malloc(&s->orig_l, &s->orig_l_size, sizeof(int32_t) * nb_samples);
-        av_fast_padded_malloc(&s->orig_r, &s->orig_r_size, sizeof(int32_t) * nb_samples);
         memcpy(s->orig_l, samples_l, sizeof(int32_t) * nb_samples);
-        memcpy(s->orig_r, samples_r, sizeof(int32_t) * nb_samples);
+        if (!(s->flags & WV_MONO_DATA)) {
+            av_fast_padded_malloc(&s->orig_r, &s->orig_r_size, sizeof(int32_t) * nb_samples);
+            memcpy(s->orig_r, samples_r, sizeof(int32_t) * nb_samples);
+        }
 
         if (s->flags & WV_FLOAT_DATA)
             got_extra = scan_float(s, samples_l, samples_r, nb_samples);