diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index f607be789d..bdee64484b 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -2783,8 +2783,10 @@ int avformat_find_stream_info(AVFormatContext *ic, AVDictionary **options)
         } else {
             pkt = add_to_pktbuf(&ic->packet_buffer, &pkt1,
                                 &ic->packet_buffer_end);
-            if (!pkt)
+            if (!pkt) {
+                ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
                 goto find_stream_info_err;
+            }
             if ((ret = av_dup_packet(pkt)) < 0)
                 goto find_stream_info_err;
         }