diff --git a/libavformat/mpc8.c b/libavformat/mpc8.c
index 7a4cbbc8b7..5b438848e7 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpc8.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpc8.c
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ static int mpc8_read_seek(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index, int64_t timestam
     int index = av_index_search_timestamp(st, timestamp, flags);
 
     if(index < 0) return -1;
-    avio_seek(s->pb, st->index_entries[index].pos, SEEK_SET);
+    if (avio_seek(s->pb, st->index_entries[index].pos, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+        return -1;
     c->frame = st->index_entries[index].timestamp;
     return 0;
 }