diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec_xiph.c b/libavformat/rtpdec_xiph.c
index dc739eeb38..38f12bbc39 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec_xiph.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec_xiph.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int get_base128(const uint8_t ** buf, const uint8_t * buf_end)
 /**
  * Based off parse_packed_headers in Vorbis RTP
  */
-static unsigned int
+static int
 parse_packed_headers(const uint8_t * packed_headers,
                      const uint8_t * packed_headers_end,
                      AVCodecContext * codec, PayloadContext * xiph_data)