diff --git a/libavcodec/ra144enc.c b/libavcodec/ra144enc.c
index 7df4f47484..4b2db2dcbe 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ra144enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ra144enc.c
@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ static int ra144_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt,
     if (ractx->last_frame)
         return 0;
 
-    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(avpkt, FRAMESIZE))) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting output packet\n");
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet2(avctx, avpkt, FRAMESIZE))) {
         return ret;
     }