diff --git a/libavfilter/af_speechnorm.c b/libavfilter/af_speechnorm.c
index 0d1c6bd25d..fa56276e1d 100644
--- a/libavfilter/af_speechnorm.c
+++ b/libavfilter/af_speechnorm.c
@@ -410,7 +410,9 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterContext *ctx)
 
         in = ff_bufqueue_get(&s->queue);
 
-        av_frame_make_writable(in);
+        ret = av_frame_make_writable(in);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
 
         s->filter_channels[s->link](ctx, in, in->nb_samples);