diff --git a/libavcodec/aic.c b/libavcodec/aic.c
index 5f0eec6b80..61ef6bf9c8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aic.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aic.c
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ static av_cold int aic_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         }
     }
 
-    ctx->slice_data = av_malloc_array(ctx->slice_width, AIC_BAND_COEFFS
-                                * sizeof(*ctx->slice_data));
+    ctx->slice_data = av_calloc(ctx->slice_width, AIC_BAND_COEFFS * sizeof(*ctx->slice_data));
     if (!ctx->slice_data) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error allocating slice buffer\n");