diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 4790200da2..40acf78a65 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ static int mov_read_elst(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
 static int mov_read_chan(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
 {
     if (atom.size < 16)
-        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+        return 0;
     avio_skip(pb, 4);
     ff_mov_read_chan(c->fc, atom.size - 4, c->fc->streams[0]->codec);
     return 0;