diff --git a/src/video_decompress/libavcodec.c b/src/video_decompress/libavcodec.c
index f0ebcfd33..0e1150e7d 100644
--- a/src/video_decompress/libavcodec.c
+++ b/src/video_decompress/libavcodec.c
@@ -996,7 +996,6 @@ decode_frame(struct state_libavcodec_decompress *s, unsigned char *src,
                         }
                 }
                 if (s->pkt->size == 0) {
-                        ret = 0;
                         break;
                 }
                 src += ret;