diff --git a/libavformat/oggdec.c b/libavformat/oggdec.c
index 1a3acbb55e4621eecf62da7a141118ec94a5e03f..b4ba00df61bf17d93e4e51041285151fee9ff193 100644
--- a/libavformat/oggdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/oggdec.c
@@ -877,14 +877,12 @@ retry:
     }
 
     if (os->new_metadata) {
-        uint8_t *side_data = av_packet_new_side_data(pkt,
-                                                     AV_PKT_DATA_METADATA_UPDATE,
-                                                     os->new_metadata_size);
-        if(!side_data)
-            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        ret = av_packet_add_side_data(pkt, AV_PKT_DATA_METADATA_UPDATE,
+                                      os->new_metadata, os->new_metadata_size);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
 
-        memcpy(side_data, os->new_metadata, os->new_metadata_size);
-        av_freep(&os->new_metadata);
+        os->new_metadata      = NULL;
         os->new_metadata_size = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c b/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
index 246ba8fe75352e4c66836de23857073d62b79116..0e8c25c030b908653c87775db3e4d3637a6b8b9d 100644
--- a/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
+++ b/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int vorbis_update_metadata(AVFormatContext *s, int idx)
         os->new_metadata = av_packet_pack_dictionary(st->metadata, &os->new_metadata_size);
     /* Send an empty dictionary to indicate that metadata has been cleared. */
     } else {
-        os->new_metadata = av_malloc(1);
+        os->new_metadata = av_mallocz(1);
         os->new_metadata_size = 0;
     }