diff --git a/libavcodec/bink.c b/libavcodec/bink.c
index cc55870114..9a4ac246ab 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bink.c
+++ b/libavcodec/bink.c
@@ -1299,13 +1299,13 @@ static av_cold int decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     }
     c->avctx = avctx;
 
+    if ((ret = av_image_check_size(avctx->width, avctx->height, 0, avctx)) < 0)
+        return ret;
+
     c->last = av_frame_alloc();
     if (!c->last)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
-    if ((ret = av_image_check_size(avctx->width, avctx->height, 0, avctx)) < 0)
-        return ret;
-
     avctx->pix_fmt = c->has_alpha ? AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA420P : AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
 
     ff_blockdsp_init(&c->bdsp, avctx);