diff --git a/libavformat/filmstripdec.c b/libavformat/filmstripdec.c
index 8d7b304472..1a3b947ec7 100644
--- a/libavformat/filmstripdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/filmstripdec.c
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static int read_packet(AVFormatContext *s,
 static int read_seek(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index, int64_t timestamp, int flags)
 {
     AVStream *st = s->streams[stream_index];
-    avio_seek(s->pb, FFMAX(timestamp, 0) * st->codec->width * st->codec->height * 4, SEEK_SET);
+    if (avio_seek(s->pb, FFMAX(timestamp, 0) * st->codec->width * st->codec->height * 4, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+        return -1;
     return 0;
 }