diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_sce_enc_fx.c b/lib_enc/ivas_sce_enc_fx.c
index 41127a98e6d62e1aff473205c7bc48f0e87b1bbb..a578a3cfaeacc1fa9b70066613cf8549931cf6e8 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_sce_enc_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_sce_enc_fx.c
@@ -612,10 +612,6 @@ ivas_error create_evs_sce_enc_fx(
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------*
      * Bitstream
      *-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
-    IF( ( st_fx->hBstr = (BSTR_ENC_HANDLE) malloc( sizeof( BSTR_ENC_DATA ) ) ) == NULL )
-    {
-        return ( IVAS_ERROR( IVAS_ERR_FAILED_ALLOC, "Can not allocate memory for Bitstream structure\n" ) );
-    }
 
     /* set pointer to the buffer of indices */
     st_fx->hBstr->ind_list = st_ivas->ind_list;