diff --git a/libavcodec/flacenc.c b/libavcodec/flacenc.c
index 1fc8c4ce6b..b6ae4af9a7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/flacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/flacenc.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static uint64_t calc_rice_params(RiceContext *rc, int pmin, int pmax,
 
     tmp_rc.coding_mode = rc->coding_mode;
 
-    udata = av_malloc(n * sizeof(uint32_t));
+    udata = av_malloc_array(n,  sizeof(uint32_t));
     for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
         udata[i] = (2*data[i]) ^ (data[i]>>31);