diff --git a/libavcodec/rangecoder.c b/libavcodec/rangecoder.c
index 147e58de40..df1000844e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rangecoder.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rangecoder.c
@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ STOP_TIMER("put_rac")
 
     for (i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) {
 START_TIMER
-        if ((r[i] & 1) != get_rac(&c, state))
+        if ((r[i] & 1) != get_rac(&c, state)) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "rac failure at %d\n", i);
+            return 1;
+        }
 STOP_TIMER("get_rac")
     }