diff --git a/libavcodec/rl2.c b/libavcodec/rl2.c
index 6662979c52..2d336a61e5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rl2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rl2.c
@@ -134,10 +134,15 @@ static av_cold int rl2_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     Rl2Context *s = avctx->priv_data;
     int back_size;
     int i;
+    int ret;
 
     s->avctx       = avctx;
     avctx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_PAL8;
 
+    ret = ff_set_dimensions(avctx, 320, 200);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
+
     /** parse extra data */
     if (!avctx->extradata || avctx->extradata_size < EXTRADATA1_SIZE) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "invalid extradata size\n");