diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index d6e093e8f7..6b95c58299 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -3363,7 +3363,7 @@ static int matroska_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
             ret = matroska_resync(matroska, pos);
     }
 
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static int matroska_read_seek(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,