diff --git a/libavcodec/hevc_parser.c b/libavcodec/hevc_parser.c
index 834b93b9e9..a6fdbb722d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/hevc_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/hevc_parser.c
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ static int hevc_init(AVCodecParserContext *s)
 {
     HEVCContext  *h  = &((HEVCParseContext *)s->priv_data)->h;
     h->HEVClc = av_mallocz(sizeof(HEVCLocalContext));
+    if (!h->HEVClc)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     h->skipped_bytes_pos_size = INT_MAX;
 
     return 0;