diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index 8d22b48ae5..27dda94e20 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -1356,6 +1356,12 @@ static int queue_picture(VideoState *is, AVFrame *src_frame, double pts1, int64_
         while (!vp->allocated && !is->videoq.abort_request) {
             SDL_CondWait(is->pictq_cond, is->pictq_mutex);
         }
+        /* if the queue is aborted, we have to pop the pending ALLOC event or wait for the allocation to complete */
+        if (is->videoq.abort_request && SDL_PeepEvents(&event, 1, SDL_GETEVENT, SDL_EVENTMASK(FF_ALLOC_EVENT)) != 1) {
+            while (!vp->allocated) {
+                SDL_CondWait(is->pictq_cond, is->pictq_mutex);
+            }
+        }
         SDL_UnlockMutex(is->pictq_mutex);
 
         if (is->videoq.abort_request)