diff --git a/libavcodec/ivi.c b/libavcodec/ivi.c
index c5c50fb5c1..c10984e83e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ivi.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ivi.c
@@ -442,8 +442,10 @@ av_cold int ff_ivi_init_tiles(IVIPlaneDesc *planes,
 
             av_freep(&band->tiles);
             band->tiles = av_mallocz_array(band->num_tiles, sizeof(IVITile));
-            if (!band->tiles)
+            if (!band->tiles) {
+                band->num_tiles = 0;
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+            }
 
             /* use the first luma band as reference for motion vectors
              * and quant */