diff --git a/libavcodec/vp8_parser.c b/libavcodec/vp8_parser.c
index 609f5077d1..e2d91b271f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vp8_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vp8_parser.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ static int parse(AVCodecParserContext *s,
     unsigned int frame_type;
     unsigned int profile;
 
+    *poutbuf      = buf;
+    *poutbuf_size = buf_size;
+
     if (buf_size < 3)
         return buf_size;