diff --git a/libavcodec/samidec.c b/libavcodec/samidec.c
index 7705f93e7b..47850e2126 100644
--- a/libavcodec/samidec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/samidec.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static int sami_paragraph_to_ass(AVCodecContext *avctx, const char *src)
                     break;
                 if (*p == '>')
                     p++;
+                continue;
             }
             if (!av_isspace(*p))
                 av_bprint_chars(dst, *p, 1);