diff --git a/libavutil/buffer.c b/libavutil/buffer.c
index e4562a79b1..a8101d83f0 100644
--- a/libavutil/buffer.c
+++ b/libavutil/buffer.c
@@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ AVBufferPool *av_buffer_pool_init2(size_t size, void *opaque,
     if (!pool)
         return NULL;
 
-    ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL);
+    if (ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL)) {
+        av_free(pool);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     pool->size      = size;
     pool->opaque    = opaque;
@@ -283,7 +286,10 @@ AVBufferPool *av_buffer_pool_init(size_t size, AVBufferRef* (*alloc)(size_t size
     if (!pool)
         return NULL;
 
-    ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL);
+    if (ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL)) {
+        av_free(pool);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     pool->size     = size;
     pool->alloc    = alloc ? alloc : av_buffer_alloc;