diff --git a/libavformat/nutenc.c b/libavformat/nutenc.c
index 1522a0452f..49d62bfbec 100644
--- a/libavformat/nutenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/nutenc.c
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ static int write_sm_data(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *bc, AVPacket *pkt, int
                 break;
             case AV_PKT_DATA_METADATA_UPDATE:
             case AV_PKT_DATA_STRINGS_METADATA:
+            case AV_PKT_DATA_QUALITY_STATS:
                 // belongs into meta, not side data
                 break;
             }