diff --git a/libavcodec/flac.c b/libavcodec/flac.c
index 069cde442b..5ffbf93190 100644
--- a/libavcodec/flac.c
+++ b/libavcodec/flac.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void ff_flac_set_channel_layout(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         avctx->channel_layout = 0;
 }
 
-void ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(AVCodecContext *avctx, struct FLACStreaminfo *s,
+int ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(AVCodecContext *avctx, struct FLACStreaminfo *s,
                               const uint8_t *buffer)
 {
     GetBitContext gb;
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ void ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(AVCodecContext *avctx, struct FLACStreaminfo *s,
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "invalid max blocksize: %d\n",
                s->max_blocksize);
         s->max_blocksize = 16;
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
 
     skip_bits(&gb, 24); /* skip min frame size */
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ void ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(AVCodecContext *avctx, struct FLACStreaminfo *s,
     if (s->bps < 4) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "invalid bps: %d\n", s->bps);
         s->bps = 16;
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
 
     avctx->channels = s->channels;
@@ -239,4 +241,6 @@ void ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(AVCodecContext *avctx, struct FLACStreaminfo *s,
 
     skip_bits_long(&gb, 64); /* md5 sum */
     skip_bits_long(&gb, 64); /* md5 sum */
+
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/flac.h b/libavcodec/flac.h
index 96d971c9d7..991ab43f3c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/flac.h
+++ b/libavcodec/flac.h
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ typedef struct FLACFrameInfo {
  * @param[out] avctx   codec context to set basic stream parameters
  * @param[out] s       where parsed information is stored
  * @param[in]  buffer  pointer to start of 34-byte streaminfo data
+ *
+ * @return negative error code on faiure or >= 0 on success
  */
-void ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(AVCodecContext *avctx, struct FLACStreaminfo *s,
+int ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(AVCodecContext *avctx, struct FLACStreaminfo *s,
                               const uint8_t *buffer);
 
 /**
diff --git a/libavcodec/flacdec.c b/libavcodec/flacdec.c
index 5f5802c97f..d1beb4e15e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/flacdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/flacdec.c
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ static av_cold int flac_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
     /* initialize based on the demuxer-supplied streamdata header */
-    ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(avctx, &s->flac_stream_info, streaminfo);
+    ret = ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(avctx, &s->flac_stream_info, streaminfo);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
     ret = allocate_buffers(s);
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;
@@ -175,7 +177,9 @@ static int parse_streaminfo(FLACContext *s, const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
         metadata_size != FLAC_STREAMINFO_SIZE) {
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
-    ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(s->avctx, &s->flac_stream_info, &buf[8]);
+    ret = ff_flac_parse_streaminfo(s->avctx, &s->flac_stream_info, &buf[8]);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
     ret = allocate_buffers(s);
     if (ret < 0)
         return ret;