diff --git a/libavcodec/psd.c b/libavcodec/psd.c
index 9c3e4f6905..f0b90ec1bd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/psd.c
+++ b/libavcodec/psd.c
@@ -418,9 +418,6 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *picture,
 
     s->uncompressed_size = s->line_size * s->height * s->channel_count;
 
-    if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, picture, 0)) < 0)
-        return ret;
-
     /* decode picture if need */
     if (s->compression == PSD_RLE) {
         s->tmp = av_malloc(s->uncompressed_size);
@@ -443,6 +440,9 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *picture,
         ptr_data = s->gb.buffer;
     }
 
+    if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, picture, 0)) < 0)
+        return ret;
+
     /* Store data */
     if ((avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YA8)||(avctx->pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_YA16BE)){/* Interleaved */
         ptr = picture->data[0];