diff --git a/libavformat/rmdec.c b/libavformat/rmdec.c
index 848d0316c6..dae1235420 100644
--- a/libavformat/rmdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rmdec.c
@@ -816,7 +816,9 @@ ff_rm_retrieve_cache (AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb,
         ast->deint_id == DEINT_ID_VBRS)
         av_get_packet(pb, pkt, ast->sub_packet_lengths[ast->sub_packet_cnt - rm->audio_pkt_cnt]);
     else {
-        av_new_packet(pkt, st->codec->block_align);
+        int ret = av_new_packet(pkt, st->codec->block_align);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
         memcpy(pkt->data, ast->pkt.data + st->codec->block_align * //FIXME avoid this
                (ast->sub_packet_h * ast->audio_framesize / st->codec->block_align - rm->audio_pkt_cnt),
                st->codec->block_align);