diff --git a/libavcodec/tak_parser.c b/libavcodec/tak_parser.c
index dcc37eca8f..55766a4d78 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tak_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tak_parser.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static int tak_parse(AVCodecParserContext *s, AVCodecContext *avctx,
             int tmp_buf_size = FFMIN(2 * TAK_MAX_FRAME_HEADER_BYTES, buf_size);
             const uint8_t *tmp_buf = buf;
 
-            ff_combine_frame(pc, END_NOT_FOUND, &tmp_buf, &tmp_buf_size);
+            if (ff_combine_frame(pc, END_NOT_FOUND, &tmp_buf, &tmp_buf_size) != -1)
+                return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
             consumed += tmp_buf_size;
             buf      += tmp_buf_size;
             buf_size -= tmp_buf_size;