diff --git a/libavutil/buffer.c b/libavutil/buffer.c
index 38a554208a..280fa8e108 100644
--- a/libavutil/buffer.c
+++ b/libavutil/buffer.c
@@ -223,7 +223,10 @@ AVBufferPool *av_buffer_pool_init2(int size, void *opaque,
     if (!pool)
         return NULL;
 
-    ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL);
+    if (ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL)) {
+        av_free(pool);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     pool->size      = size;
     pool->opaque    = opaque;
@@ -242,7 +245,10 @@ AVBufferPool *av_buffer_pool_init(int size, AVBufferRef* (*alloc)(int size))
     if (!pool)
         return NULL;
 
-    ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL);
+    if (ff_mutex_init(&pool->mutex, NULL)) {
+        av_free(pool);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     pool->size     = size;
     pool->alloc    = alloc ? alloc : av_buffer_alloc;