diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
index 63e82872f7..663789ec02 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.c
+++ b/libavformat/avio.c
@@ -663,8 +663,7 @@ int ffurl_shutdown(URLContext *h, int flags)
 
 int ff_check_interrupt(AVIOInterruptCB *cb)
 {
-    int ret;
-    if (cb && cb->callback && (ret = cb->callback(cb->opaque)))
-        return ret;
+    if (cb && cb->callback)
+        return cb->callback(cb->opaque);
     return 0;
 }