diff --git a/libavutil/avsscanf.c b/libavutil/avsscanf.c
index 7061e6d965..94f7710043 100644
--- a/libavutil/avsscanf.c
+++ b/libavutil/avsscanf.c
@@ -669,7 +669,6 @@ static double fffloatscan(FFFILE *f, int prec, int pok)
             while (i--) shunget(f);
             return NAN;
         }
-        return NAN;
     }
 
     if (i) {