diff --git a/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c b/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c
index 02ffac77f7..3f3bb32738 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libschroedingerenc.c
@@ -381,8 +381,7 @@ static int libschroedinger_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avccontext, AVPacket *pk
     pkt_size = p_frame_output->size;
     if (last_frame_in_sequence && p_schro_params->enc_buf_size > 0)
         pkt_size += p_schro_params->enc_buf_size;
-    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(pkt, pkt_size)) < 0) {
-        av_log(avccontext, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet of size %d.\n", pkt_size);
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avccontext, pkt, pkt_size)) < 0) {
         goto error;
     }