diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 44d41d7f6b..9315bb20f2 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int append_packet_chunked(AVIOContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, int size)
     int64_t chunk_size = size;
     int orig_pos       = pkt->pos; // av_grow_packet might reset pos
     int orig_size      = pkt->size;
-    int ret = 0;
+    int ret;
 
     do {
         int prev_size = pkt->size;