diff --git a/libavformat/mxfdec.c b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
index 34e4cc984b..be6f6b6e27 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ static int mxf_read_strong_ref_array(AVIOContext *pb, UID **refs, int *count)
     *count = c;
 
     av_free(*refs);
-    *refs = av_calloc(*count, sizeof(UID));
+    *refs = av_malloc_array(*count, sizeof(UID));
     if (!*refs) {
         *count = 0;
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);