diff --git a/libavcodec/4xm.c b/libavcodec/4xm.c
index fd3a45f093..94f4268127 100644
--- a/libavcodec/4xm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/4xm.c
@@ -927,8 +927,11 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *picture,
         frame_size = buf_size - 12;
     }
 
-    if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, picture, 0)) < 0)
-        return ret;
+    if (   frame_4cc == AV_RL32("ifr2") || frame_4cc == AV_RL32("ifrm")
+        || frame_4cc == AV_RL32("pfrm") || frame_4cc == AV_RL32("pfr2")) {
+        if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, picture, 0)) < 0)
+            return ret;
+    }
 
     if (frame_4cc == AV_RL32("ifr2")) {
         picture->pict_type = AV_PICTURE_TYPE_I;