diff --git a/libavcodec/tableprint_vlc.h b/libavcodec/tableprint_vlc.h
index ab33e90090..e7c6764573 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tableprint_vlc.h
+++ b/libavcodec/tableprint_vlc.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define ff_dlog(a, ...) while(0)
 #define ff_tlog(a, ...) while(0)
 #define AVUTIL_MEM_H
-#define av_malloc(s) NULL
+#define av_mallocz(s) NULL
 #define av_malloc_array(a, b) NULL
 #define av_realloc_f(p, o, n) NULL
 #define av_free(p) while(0)