diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 384b92ca16..81751cdaf7 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -1823,7 +1823,11 @@ static void do_streamcopy(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost, const AVPacket *p
 
     if (ost->st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO && (of->ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_RAWPICTURE)) {
         /* store AVPicture in AVPacket, as expected by the output format */
-        avpicture_fill(&pict, opkt.data, ost->st->codec->pix_fmt, ost->st->codec->width, ost->st->codec->height);
+        int ret = avpicture_fill(&pict, opkt.data, ost->st->codec->pix_fmt, ost->st->codec->width, ost->st->codec->height);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "avpicture_fill failed\n");
+            exit_program(1);
+        }
         opkt.data = (uint8_t *)&pict;
         opkt.size = sizeof(AVPicture);
         opkt.flags |= AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY;