diff --git a/libavcodec/hevc.c b/libavcodec/hevc.c
index 1fee4ddae9..3f1c65b75d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/hevc.c
@@ -3311,7 +3311,8 @@ static int hevc_update_thread_context(AVCodecContext *dst,
     }
 
     if (s->sps != s0->sps)
-        ret = set_sps(s, s0->sps);
+        if ((ret = set_sps(s, s0->sps)) < 0)
+            return ret;
 
     s->seq_decode = s0->seq_decode;
     s->seq_output = s0->seq_output;