diff --git a/libavcodec/alac.c b/libavcodec/alac.c
index b0527f1439..a5948bba7e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/alac.c
+++ b/libavcodec/alac.c
@@ -534,6 +534,12 @@ static int allocate_buffers(ALACContext *alac)
     int ch;
     int buf_size = alac->max_samples_per_frame * sizeof(int32_t);
 
+    for (ch = 0; ch < 2; ch++) {
+        alac->predict_error_buffer[ch]  = NULL;
+        alac->output_samples_buffer[ch] = NULL;
+        alac->extra_bits_buffer[ch]     = NULL;
+    }
+
     for (ch = 0; ch < FFMIN(alac->channels, 2); ch++) {
         FF_ALLOC_OR_GOTO(alac->avctx, alac->predict_error_buffer[ch],
                          buf_size, buf_alloc_fail);