diff --git a/libavcodec/vp9_parser.c b/libavcodec/vp9_parser.c
index 922f36f381..b188785456 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vp9_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vp9_parser.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static int parse(AVCodecParserContext *ctx,
                  const uint8_t *data, int size)
 {
     VP9ParseContext *s = ctx->priv_data;
+    int full_size = size;
     int marker;
 
     if (size <= 0) {
@@ -77,12 +78,12 @@ static int parse(AVCodecParserContext *ctx,
                     idx += a; \
                     if (sz > size) { \
                         s->n_frames = 0; \
-                        *out_size = 0; \
+                        *out_size = size; \
                         *out_data = data; \
                         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, \
                                "Superframe packet size too big: %u > %d\n", \
                                sz, size); \
-                        return size; \
+                        return full_size; \
                     } \
                     if (first) { \
                         first = 0; \