diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 209cc74de8..bca18e6787 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ static int mov_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
         if(!sc->stts_count || !sc->chunk_count || !sc->sample_to_chunk_sz ||
            (!sc->sample_size && !sc->sample_count)){
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "missing mandatory atoms, broken header\n");
-            return -1;
+            continue;
         }
         if(!sc->time_rate)
             sc->time_rate=1;