diff --git a/libavutil/hdr_dynamic_metadata.c b/libavutil/hdr_dynamic_metadata.c
index 5b8f3ea87d..4505786119 100644
--- a/libavutil/hdr_dynamic_metadata.c
+++ b/libavutil/hdr_dynamic_metadata.c
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ int av_dynamic_hdr_smpte2094_app5_from_t35(AVDynamicHDRSmpte2094App5 *s, const u
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
     uint8_t *padded_data = av_mallocz(padded_size);
+    if (!padded_data)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
     memcpy(padded_data, data, size);
     ret = init_get_bits8(gb, padded_data, size);
     if (ret < 0)