diff --git a/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/android/pipeline/ffpipenode_android_mediacodec_vdec.c b/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/android/pipeline/ffpipenode_android_mediacodec_vdec.c
index 8a2f7f1afa1577039c4c0cc125fc452d9d91d2d3..bec6edd361015261c283e5fa03cb5a5b880e986a 100644
--- a/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/android/pipeline/ffpipenode_android_mediacodec_vdec.c
+++ b/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/android/pipeline/ffpipenode_android_mediacodec_vdec.c
@@ -206,7 +206,13 @@ static int reconfigure_codec_l(JNIEnv *env, IJKFF_Pipenode *node, jobject new_su
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    SDL_AMediaCodec_start(opaque->acodec);
+    amc_ret = SDL_AMediaCodec_start(opaque->acodec);
+    if (amc_ret != SDL_AMEDIA_OK) {
+        ALOGE("%s:SDL_AMediaCodec_start: failed\n", __func__);
+        ret = -1;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
     opaque->acodec_first_dequeue_output_request = true;
     ALOGI("%s:new acodec: %p\n", __func__, opaque->acodec);
     SDL_VoutAndroid_setAMediaCodec(opaque->weak_vout, opaque->acodec);