diff --git a/libavdevice/iec61883.c b/libavdevice/iec61883.c
index 18ad704066..de9f48b8fc 100644
--- a/libavdevice/iec61883.c
+++ b/libavdevice/iec61883.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int iec61883_parse_queue_dv(struct iec61883_data *dv, AVPacket *pkt)
     int size;
 
     size = avpriv_dv_get_packet(dv->dv_demux, pkt);
-    if (size > 0)
+    if (size)
         return size;
 
     packet = dv->queue_first;
diff --git a/libavformat/avidec.c b/libavformat/avidec.c
index 2d0d2a7389..2f493e42a6 100644
--- a/libavformat/avidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/avidec.c
@@ -1440,8 +1440,10 @@ static int avi_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
 
     if (CONFIG_DV_DEMUXER && avi->dv_demux) {
         int size = avpriv_dv_get_packet(avi->dv_demux, pkt);
-        if (size >= 0)
+        if (size > 0)
             return size;
+        else if (size < 0)
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
         else
             goto resync;
     }
diff --git a/libavformat/dv.c b/libavformat/dv.c
index a948fc0b98..1adc9fdb7b 100644
--- a/libavformat/dv.c
+++ b/libavformat/dv.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct DVDemuxContext {
     AVFormatContext*  fctx;
     AVStream*         vst;
     AVStream*         ast[4];
-    AVPacket          audio_pkt[4];
+    AVPacket         *audio_pkt[4];
     uint8_t           audio_buf[4][8192];
     int               ach;
     int               frames;
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ static int dv_extract_audio_info(DVDemuxContext *c, const uint8_t *frame)
             c->ast[i]->codecpar->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
             c->ast[i]->codecpar->codec_id   = AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE;
 
-            av_init_packet(&c->audio_pkt[i]);
-            c->audio_pkt[i].size         = 0;
-            c->audio_pkt[i].data         = c->audio_buf[i];
-            c->audio_pkt[i].stream_index = c->ast[i]->index;
-            c->audio_pkt[i].flags       |= AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY;
+            av_packet_unref(c->audio_pkt[i]);
+            c->audio_pkt[i]->size         = 0;
+            c->audio_pkt[i]->data         = c->audio_buf[i];
+            c->audio_pkt[i]->stream_index = c->ast[i]->index;
+            c->audio_pkt[i]->flags       |= AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY;
         }
         c->ast[i]->codecpar->sample_rate    = dv_audio_frequency[freq];
         c->ast[i]->codecpar->channels       = 2;
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ void avpriv_dv_close_demux(DVDemuxContext **pc)
     if (!c)
         return;
 
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        av_packet_free(&c->audio_pkt[i]);
+
     av_freep(pc);
 }
 
@@ -336,6 +339,12 @@ static int dv_init_demux(AVFormatContext *s, DVDemuxContext *c)
     if (!c->vst)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        c->audio_pkt[i] = av_packet_alloc();
+        if (!c->audio_pkt[i])
+           return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    }
+
     c->fctx                   = s;
     c->vst->codecpar->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
     c->vst->codecpar->codec_id   = AV_CODEC_ID_DVVIDEO;
@@ -361,13 +370,14 @@ DVDemuxContext *avpriv_dv_init_demux(AVFormatContext *s)
 
 int avpriv_dv_get_packet(DVDemuxContext *c, AVPacket *pkt)
 {
-    int size = -1;
+    int size = 0;
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < c->ach; i++) {
-        if (c->ast[i] && c->audio_pkt[i].size) {
-            *pkt                 = c->audio_pkt[i];
-            c->audio_pkt[i].size = 0;
+        if (c->ast[i] && c->audio_pkt[i]->size) {
+            if (av_packet_ref(pkt, c->audio_pkt[i]) < 0)
+                return -1;
+            c->audio_pkt[i]->size = 0;
             size                 = pkt->size;
             break;
         }
@@ -392,9 +402,9 @@ int avpriv_dv_produce_packet(DVDemuxContext *c, AVPacket *pkt,
     /* FIXME: in case of no audio/bad audio we have to do something */
     size = dv_extract_audio_info(c, buf);
     for (i = 0; i < c->ach; i++) {
-        c->audio_pkt[i].pos  = pos;
-        c->audio_pkt[i].size = size;
-        c->audio_pkt[i].pts  = (c->sys->height == 720) ? (c->frames & ~1) : c->frames;
+        c->audio_pkt[i]->pos  = pos;
+        c->audio_pkt[i]->size = size;
+        c->audio_pkt[i]->pts  = (c->sys->height == 720) ? (c->frames & ~1) : c->frames;
         ppcm[i] = c->audio_buf[i];
     }
     if (c->ach)
@@ -404,15 +414,15 @@ int avpriv_dv_produce_packet(DVDemuxContext *c, AVPacket *pkt,
      * channels 0,1 and odd 2,3. */
     if (c->sys->height == 720) {
         if (buf[1] & 0x0C) {
-            c->audio_pkt[2].size = c->audio_pkt[3].size = 0;
+            c->audio_pkt[2]->size = c->audio_pkt[3]->size = 0;
         } else {
-            c->audio_pkt[0].size = c->audio_pkt[1].size = 0;
+            c->audio_pkt[0]->size = c->audio_pkt[1]->size = 0;
         }
     }
 
     /* Now it's time to return video packet */
     size = dv_extract_video_info(c, buf);
-    av_init_packet(pkt);
+    av_packet_unref(pkt);
     pkt->data         = buf;
     pkt->pos          = pos;
     pkt->size         = size;
@@ -447,8 +457,8 @@ static int64_t dv_frame_offset(AVFormatContext *s, DVDemuxContext *c,
 void ff_dv_offset_reset(DVDemuxContext *c, int64_t frame_offset)
 {
     c->frames = frame_offset;
-    c->audio_pkt[0].size = c->audio_pkt[1].size = 0;
-    c->audio_pkt[2].size = c->audio_pkt[3].size = 0;
+    c->audio_pkt[0]->size = c->audio_pkt[1]->size = 0;
+    c->audio_pkt[2]->size = c->audio_pkt[3]->size = 0;
 }
 
 /************************************************************
@@ -547,7 +557,10 @@ static int dv_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
 
     size = avpriv_dv_get_packet(c->dv_demux, pkt);
 
-    if (size < 0) {
+    if (size < 0)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    if (!size) {
         int ret;
         int64_t pos = avio_tell(s->pb);
         if (!c->dv_demux->sys)
