diff --git a/libavcodec/vc1dec.c b/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
index b702b76060..ea93e11588 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ av_cold int ff_vc1_decode_init_alloc_tables(VC1Context *v)
     if (s->avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_WMV3IMAGE || s->avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VC1IMAGE) {
         for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
             if (!(v->sr_rows[i >> 1][i & 1] = av_malloc(v->output_width)))
-                return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+                goto error;
     }
 
     ret = ff_intrax8_common_init(s->avctx, &v->x8, &s->idsp,