diff --git a/libavcodec/wavpack.c b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
index 0ca6fcada3..6d16d168dc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wavpack.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
@@ -1120,10 +1120,8 @@ static int wavpack_decode_block(AVCodecContext *avctx, int block_no,
 
         /* get output buffer */
         frame->nb_samples = s->samples + 1;
-        if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, frame, 0)) < 0) {
-            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "get_buffer() failed\n");
+        if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, frame, 0)) < 0)
             return ret;
-        }
         frame->nb_samples = s->samples;
     }