diff --git a/libavcodec/tiffenc.c b/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
index 5f3324bea2..72219da0d0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
     int bytes_per_row;
     uint32_t res[2] = { s->dpi, 1 };    // image resolution (72/1)
     uint16_t bpp_tab[4];
-    int ret = -1;
+    int ret = 0;
     int is_yuv = 0, alpha = 0;
     int shift_h, shift_v;
     int packet_size;