diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.c b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
index 17ae6f99d3..0ca390e72b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.c
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ static int aac_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             }
             for (j = 0; j < chans; j++) {
                 s->cur_channel = start_ch + j;
-                s->scoefs = cpe->ch[j].ret;
                 encode_individual_channel(avctx, s, &cpe->ch[j], cpe->common_window);
             }
             start_ch += chans;
diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc.h b/libavcodec/aacenc.h
index 3559234ff1..1c8467990c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc.h
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc.h
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ typedef struct AACEncContext {
     int cur_channel;
     int last_frame;
     float lambda;
-    float *scoefs;                               ///< scaled coefficients
     DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, int,   qcoefs)[96];      ///< quantized coefficients
+    DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, float, scoefs)[1024];    ///< scaled coefficients
 } AACEncContext;
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_AACENC_H */