diff --git a/libavcodec/avpacket.c b/libavcodec/avpacket.c
index 1f20cd1e6b..7383d12d3e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avpacket.c
+++ b/libavcodec/avpacket.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void get_packet_defaults(AVPacket *pkt)
 
 AVPacket *av_packet_alloc(void)
 {
-    AVPacket *pkt = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVPacket));
+    AVPacket *pkt = av_malloc(sizeof(AVPacket));
     if (!pkt)
         return pkt;