diff --git a/libavformat/xwma.c b/libavformat/xwma.c
index a1f2dc224a..683d3d0d4d 100644
--- a/libavformat/xwma.c
+++ b/libavformat/xwma.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int xwma_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             /* Allocate some temporary storage to keep the dpds data around.
              * for processing later on.
              */
-            dpds_table = av_malloc(dpds_table_size * sizeof(uint32_t));
+            dpds_table = av_malloc_array(dpds_table_size, sizeof(uint32_t));
             if (!dpds_table) {
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
             }