diff --git a/libavformat/mpjpegdec.c b/libavformat/mpjpegdec.c
index 72891e7cd8..e2a2ece9c4 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpjpegdec.c
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ static int mpjpeg_read_probe(AVProbeData *p)
     char line[128] = { 0 };
     int ret = 0;
 
+    if (p->buf_size < 2 || p->buf[0] != '-' || p->buf[1] != '-')
+        return 0;
+
     pb = avio_alloc_context(p->buf, p->buf_size, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     if (!pb)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
-    if (p->buf_size < 2 || p->buf[0] != '-' || p->buf[1] != '-')
-        goto end;
-
     while (!pb->eof_reached) {
         ret = get_line(pb, line, sizeof(line));
         if (ret < 0)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int mpjpeg_read_probe(AVProbeData *p)
             break;
         }
     }
-end:
+
     av_free(pb);
 
     return ret;