diff --git a/libavcodec/imgresample.c b/libavcodec/imgresample.c
index d9387f8389..79f45f940b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/imgresample.c
+++ b/libavcodec/imgresample.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ ImgReSampleContext *img_resample_full_init(int owidth, int oheight,
     if (!s)
         return NULL;
     if((unsigned)owidth >= UINT_MAX / (LINE_BUF_HEIGHT + NB_TAPS))
-        return NULL;
+        goto fail;
     s->line_buf = av_mallocz(owidth * (LINE_BUF_HEIGHT + NB_TAPS));
     if (!s->line_buf)
         goto fail;