diff --git a/libavformat/avidec.c b/libavformat/avidec.c
index 60375394d7..44ab9d9a3f 100644
--- a/libavformat/avidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/avidec.c
@@ -1162,6 +1162,8 @@ static int avi_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
         int size = avpriv_dv_get_packet(avi->dv_demux, pkt);
         if (size >= 0)
             return size;
+        else
+            goto resync;
     }
 
     if (avi->non_interleaved) {