diff --git a/libavcodec/error_resilience.c b/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
index 1c1420f93c..cd6aa01803 100644
--- a/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
+++ b/libavcodec/error_resilience.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void guess_dc(MpegEncContext *s, int16_t *dc, int w,
 {
     int b_x, b_y;
     int16_t  (*col )[4] = av_malloc(stride*h*sizeof( int16_t)*4);
-    uint16_t (*dist)[4] = av_malloc(stride*h*sizeof(uint16_t)*4);
+    uint32_t (*dist)[4] = av_malloc(stride*h*sizeof(uint32_t)*4);
 
     for(b_y=0; b_y<h; b_y++){
         int color= 1024;