diff --git a/libavcodec/ffv1.c b/libavcodec/ffv1.c
index 2b8564c2f5..cb3e76740d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ffv1.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ffv1.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ av_cold int ff_ffv1_init_slice_state(const FFV1Context *f,
 
         if (f->ac != AC_GOLOMB_RICE) {
             if (!p->state)
-                p->state = av_malloc_array(p->context_count, CONTEXT_SIZE *
+                p->state = av_calloc(p->context_count, CONTEXT_SIZE *
                                      sizeof(uint8_t));
             if (!p->state)
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);