diff --git a/libavcodec/dpxenc.c b/libavcodec/dpxenc.c
index 05a7134378..b9c3c30821 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dpxenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dpxenc.c
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ static int encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
         size = avctx->height * avctx->width * 4;
     else
         size = avpicture_get_size(avctx->pix_fmt, avctx->width, avctx->height);
-    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(pkt, size + HEADER_SIZE)) < 0) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet.\n");
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avctx, pkt, size + HEADER_SIZE)) < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
     buf = pkt->data;