diff --git a/libavformat/nutdec.c b/libavformat/nutdec.c
index 0ecf2ec80dc925953dba458edad72584564db826..ef29bdf79c810a5701cf1974e389f04c1075eba2 100644
--- a/libavformat/nutdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/nutdec.c
@@ -994,11 +994,10 @@ static int decode_frame(NUTContext *nut, AVPacket *pkt, int frame_code)
 {
     AVFormatContext *s = nut->avf;
     AVIOContext *bc    = s->pb;
-    int size, stream_id, discard;
+    int size, stream_id, discard, ret;
     int64_t pts, last_IP_pts;
     StreamContext *stc;
     uint8_t header_idx;
-    int ret;
 
     size = decode_frame_header(nut, &pts, &stream_id, &header_idx, frame_code);
     if (size < 0)
@@ -1020,8 +1019,9 @@ static int decode_frame(NUTContext *nut, AVPacket *pkt, int frame_code)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    if (av_new_packet(pkt, size + nut->header_len[header_idx]) < 0)
-        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    ret = av_new_packet(pkt, size + nut->header_len[header_idx]);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
     memcpy(pkt->data, nut->header[header_idx], nut->header_len[header_idx]);
     pkt->pos = avio_tell(bc); // FIXME
     if (stc->last_flags & FLAG_SM_DATA) {