diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegaudioenc.c b/libavcodec/mpegaudioenc.c
index 1f9516d2e9..5a4dc2af37 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegaudioenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegaudioenc.c
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ static int MPA_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt,
     }
     compute_bit_allocation(s, smr, bit_alloc, &padding);
 
-    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(avpkt, MPA_MAX_CODED_FRAME_SIZE))) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet\n");
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avctx, avpkt, MPA_MAX_CODED_FRAME_SIZE))) {
         return ret;
     }