diff --git a/libavformat/mvdec.c b/libavformat/mvdec.c
index 7573087c7c..0b4aa1f18f 100644
--- a/libavformat/mvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mvdec.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int mv_read_header(AVFormatContext *avctx)
             if (!ast)
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
             ast->codecpar->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
-            if ((read_table(avctx, ast, parse_audio_var)) < 0)
+            if ((ret = read_table(avctx, ast, parse_audio_var)) < 0)
                 return ret;
             if (mv->acompression == 100 &&
                 mv->aformat == AUDIO_FORMAT_SIGNED &&