diff --git a/libavcodec/nuv.c b/libavcodec/nuv.c
index 9c765a0f64..e253bfbbed 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nuv.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nuv.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data, int *got_frame,
     int orig_size      = buf_size;
     int keyframe;
     int result;
+    int ret;
     enum {
         NUV_UNCOMPRESSED  = '0',
         NUV_RTJPEG        = '1',
@@ -259,7 +260,9 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data, int *got_frame,
     }
     case NUV_RTJPEG_IN_LZO:
     case NUV_RTJPEG:
-        ff_rtjpeg_decode_frame_yuv420(&c->rtj, &c->pic, buf, buf_size);
+        ret = ff_rtjpeg_decode_frame_yuv420(&c->rtj, &c->pic, buf, buf_size);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
         break;
     case NUV_BLACK:
         memset(c->pic.data[0], 0, c->width * c->height);