diff --git a/libavcodec/nuv.c b/libavcodec/nuv.c
index edf777ed3c..3888c0c550 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nuv.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nuv.c
@@ -208,8 +208,10 @@ retry:
     buf_size -= 12;
     if (comptype == NUV_RTJPEG_IN_LZO || comptype == NUV_LZO) {
         int outlen = c->decomp_size - AV_LZO_OUTPUT_PADDING, inlen = buf_size;
-        if (av_lzo1x_decode(c->decomp_buf, &outlen, buf, &inlen))
+        if (av_lzo1x_decode(c->decomp_buf, &outlen, buf, &inlen)) {
             av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "error during lzo decompression\n");
+            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+        }
         buf      = c->decomp_buf;
         buf_size = c->decomp_size - AV_LZO_OUTPUT_PADDING - outlen;
     }
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/nuv-rtjpeg b/tests/ref/fate/nuv-rtjpeg
index 8838fbb646..96ead33cbd 100644
--- a/tests/ref/fate/nuv-rtjpeg
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/nuv-rtjpeg
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@
 0,          9,          9,        1,   460800, 0x4e091ee2
 0,         10,         10,        1,   460800, 0x2ea88828
 0,         11,         11,        1,   460800, 0x4b7f4df0
-0,         12,         12,        1,   460800, 0xa57f20d0