diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 90ef807192..b53fb04619 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -2187,6 +2187,7 @@ static int http_prepare_data(HTTPContext *c)
                     if (av_write_frame(ctx, &pkt) < 0) {
                         http_log("Error writing frame to output\n");
                         c->state = HTTPSTATE_SEND_DATA_TRAILER;
+                        return 1;
                     }
 
                     len = url_close_dyn_buf(ctx->pb, &c->pb_buffer);