diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 03018b894ffdd446aaaaec754bd1d7abbc374d86..c4bba376bb7a637bbfc0cf1c1e503d9dcef15206 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ int avcodec_thread_init(AVCodecContext *s, int thread_count)
 void avcodec_thread_free(AVCodecContext *s)
 {
 #if HAVE_THREADS
-    return ff_thread_free(s);
+    ff_thread_free(s);
 #endif
 }