diff --git a/libavcodec/proresdec2.c b/libavcodec/proresdec2.c
index 5037bb8e02..a9f6e20f3a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/proresdec2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/proresdec2.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static int decode_picture_header(AVCodecContext *avctx, const uint8_t *buf, cons
 
     if (ctx->slice_count != slice_count || !ctx->slices) {
         av_freep(&ctx->slices);
+        ctx->slice_count = 0;
         ctx->slices = av_mallocz(slice_count * sizeof(*ctx->slices));
         if (!ctx->slices)
             return AVERROR(ENOMEM);