diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_ocr.c b/libavfilter/vf_ocr.c
index e003982f05..abfff49438 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_ocr.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_ocr.c
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ static int query_formats(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     AVFilterFormats *fmts_list = ff_make_format_list(pix_fmts);
     if (!fmts_list)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-    ff_set_common_formats(ctx, fmts_list);
-
-    return 0;
+    return ff_set_common_formats(ctx, fmts_list);
 }
 
 static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)