diff --git a/libavformat/dashdec.c b/libavformat/dashdec.c
index d40de1406c..b445d9c424 100644
--- a/libavformat/dashdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/dashdec.c
@@ -2120,6 +2120,7 @@ static int dash_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         AVProgram *program;
         program = av_new_program(s, 0);
         if (!program) {
+            ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
             goto fail;
         }