diff --git a/libavfilter/vsrc_buffer.c b/libavfilter/vsrc_buffer.c
index ba00b2b651..a22665b8e7 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vsrc_buffer.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vsrc_buffer.c
@@ -249,9 +249,7 @@ static int request_frame(AVFilterLink *link)
     if (!av_fifo_size(c->fifo)) {
         if (c->eof)
             return AVERROR_EOF;
-        av_log(link->src, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-               "request_frame() called with no available frame!\n");
-        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+        return AVERROR(EAGAIN);
     }
     av_fifo_generic_read(c->fifo, &buf, sizeof(buf), NULL);