diff --git a/libavcodec/mpc7.c b/libavcodec/mpc7.c
index 7077c96fc2..2858255152 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpc7.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpc7.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int mpc7_decode_frame(AVCodecContext * avctx,
     int i, ch, t;
     int mb = -1;
     Band *bands = c->bands;
-    int off;
+    int off, out_size;
     int bits_used, bits_avail;
 
     memset(bands, 0, sizeof(bands));
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ static int mpc7_decode_frame(AVCodecContext * avctx,
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Too small buffer passed (%i bytes)\n", buf_size);
     }
 
+    out_size = (buf[1] ? c->lastframelen : MPC_FRAME_SIZE) * 4;
+    if (*data_size < out_size) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Output buffer is too small\n");
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+
     bits = av_malloc(((buf_size - 1) & ~3) + FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
     c->dsp.bswap_buf((uint32_t*)bits, (const uint32_t*)(buf + 4), (buf_size - 4) >> 2);
     init_get_bits(&gb, bits, (buf_size - 4)* 8);
@@ -248,7 +254,7 @@ static int mpc7_decode_frame(AVCodecContext * avctx,
         *data_size = 0;
         return buf_size;
     }
-    *data_size = (buf[1] ? c->lastframelen : MPC_FRAME_SIZE) * 4;
+    *data_size = out_size;
 
     return buf_size;
 }