diff --git a/libavfilter/src_movie.c b/libavfilter/src_movie.c
index 206099cec0..5806339eb7 100644
--- a/libavfilter/src_movie.c
+++ b/libavfilter/src_movie.c
@@ -446,8 +446,10 @@ static int amovie_request_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
 
     if (movie->is_done)
         return AVERROR_EOF;
-    if ((ret = amovie_get_samples(outlink)) < 0)
-        return ret;
+    do {
+        if ((ret = amovie_get_samples(outlink)) < 0)
+            return ret;
+    } while (!movie->samplesref);
 
     avfilter_filter_samples(outlink, avfilter_ref_buffer(movie->samplesref, ~0));
     avfilter_unref_buffer(movie->samplesref);