diff --git a/libavcodec/libopencore-amr.c b/libavcodec/libopencore-amr.c
index 0de7130f19..d4853ca200 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libopencore-amr.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libopencore-amr.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ static av_cold int amr_nb_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 
     avctx->frame_size  = 160;
     avctx->coded_frame = avcodec_alloc_frame();
+    if (!avctx->coded_frame)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
     s->enc_state = Encoder_Interface_init(s->enc_dtx);
     if (!s->enc_state) {