diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index ea075e7286e654877b7a89e84691c952e095a34d..1df042f0fef6a848fac84b776f375a9c9ca08d87 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -2162,7 +2162,6 @@ static int try_decode_frame(AVStream *st, AVPacket *avpkt, AVDictionary **option
             pkt.size -= ret;
         }
     }
- fail:
     return ret;
 }