diff --git a/libavcodec/aacdec.c b/libavcodec/aacdec.c
index b10749ec08..500c66996b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacdec.c
@@ -2007,10 +2007,11 @@ static int aac_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
         elem_id = get_bits(&gb, 4);
 
         if (elem_type < TYPE_DSE) {
-        if (!(che=get_che(ac, elem_type, elem_id))) {
-            av_log(ac->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "channel element %d.%d is not allocated\n", elem_type, elem_id);
-            return -1;
-        }
+            if (!(che=get_che(ac, elem_type, elem_id))) {
+                av_log(ac->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "channel element %d.%d is not allocated\n",
+                       elem_type, elem_id);
+                return -1;
+            }
             samples = 1024;
         }