diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index ba53e342da..ec279ed3c9 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ static int ebml_read_ascii(AVIOContext *pb, int size, char **str)
  */
 static int ebml_read_binary(AVIOContext *pb, int length, EbmlBin *bin)
 {
-    av_free(bin->data);
-    if (!(bin->data = av_malloc(length)))
+    av_fast_padded_malloc(&bin->data, &bin->size, length);
+    if (!bin->data)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
     bin->size = length;