diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 7d5a66f64f..6df63d0339 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -1490,7 +1490,9 @@ int find_codec_parameters(AVFormatContext *ic)
                     ret = -1;
                     goto the_end;
                 }
-                avcodec_open(&st->codec, codec);
+                ret = avcodec_open(&st->codec, codec);
+                if (ret < 0)
+                    goto the_end;
             }
         }
         pktl = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVPacketList));
diff --git a/libavcodec/a52dec.c b/libavcodec/a52dec.c
index 7ed9ba9791..d639b8ae30 100644
--- a/libavcodec/a52dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/a52dec.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int a52_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     s->handle = dlopen(liba52name, RTLD_LAZY);
     if (!s->handle)
     {
-	fprintf(stderr, "A52 library %s  could not be opened: %s\n", liba52name, dlerror());
+	fprintf(stderr, "A52 library %s could not be opened! \n%s\n", liba52name, dlerror());
         return -1;
     }
     s->a52_init = (a52_state_t* (*)(uint32_t)) dlsymm(s->handle, "a52_init");