diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 40105a408d..be52f53c0c 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -8956,8 +8956,7 @@ static int mov_read_infe(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     }
 
-    av_assert1(ret);
-    av_bprint_finalize(&item_name, &item->name);
+    av_bprint_finalize(&item_name, ret ? &item->name : NULL);
     item->item_id = item_id;
     item->type    = item_type;