diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
index d6ed43bbaa..48a872bdb7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
@@ -1359,13 +1359,9 @@ int ff_mjpeg_find_marker(MJpegDecodeContext *s,
     int start_code;
     start_code = find_marker(buf_ptr, buf_end);
 
-    if ((buf_end - *buf_ptr) > s->buffer_size) {
-        av_free(s->buffer);
-        s->buffer_size = buf_end - *buf_ptr;
-        s->buffer      = av_malloc(s->buffer_size + FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
-        av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG,
-               "buffer too small, expanding to %d bytes\n", s->buffer_size);
-    }
+    av_fast_padded_malloc(&s->buffer, &s->buffer_size, buf_end - *buf_ptr);
+    if (!s->buffer)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
     /* unescape buffer of SOS, use special treatment for JPEG-LS */
     if (start_code == SOS && !s->ls) {