diff --git a/libavcodec/vqavideo.c b/libavcodec/vqavideo.c
index 0e70be1000a1f45a1b84671966bffb3ca6c53f83..b9743abda95dee28a9623d42af7439358a605c74 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vqavideo.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vqavideo.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static av_cold int vqa_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     }
     s->width = AV_RL16(&s->avctx->extradata[6]);
     s->height = AV_RL16(&s->avctx->extradata[8]);
-    if ((ret = av_image_check_size(s->width, s->height, 0, avctx)) < 0) {
+    if ((ret = ff_set_dimensions(avctx, s->width, s->height)) < 0) {
         s->width= s->height= 0;
         return ret;
     }