diff --git a/libavutil/imgutils.c b/libavutil/imgutils.c
index 00b203182b..7f3032bdf3 100644
--- a/libavutil/imgutils.c
+++ b/libavutil/imgutils.c
@@ -331,9 +331,6 @@ int av_image_fill_arrays(uint8_t *dst_data[4], int dst_linesize[4],
     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
         dst_linesize[i] = FFALIGN(dst_linesize[i], align);
 
-    if ((ret = av_image_fill_pointers(dst_data, pix_fmt, width, NULL, dst_linesize)) < 0)
-        return ret;
-
     return av_image_fill_pointers(dst_data, pix_fmt, height, (uint8_t *)src, dst_linesize);
 }