diff --git a/libavformat/avidec.c b/libavformat/avidec.c
index 69c9051cea..e3cc14c958 100644
--- a/libavformat/avidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/avidec.c
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ resync:
         }
     }
 
-    return -1;
+    return AVERROR_EOF;
 }
 
 /* XXX: We make the implicit supposition that the positions are sorted