diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index 1ded431b80..37c9a1c11e 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -3537,7 +3537,7 @@ 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,