diff --git a/libavformat/flvdec.c b/libavformat/flvdec.c
index 2eaa8cda9f..1c70a72dec 100644
--- a/libavformat/flvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/flvdec.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static int flv_data_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt,
     if (i == s->nb_streams) {
         st = create_stream(s, AVMEDIA_TYPE_DATA);
         if (!st)
-            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
         st->codec->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_TEXT;
     }