diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_metadata_bsf.c b/libavcodec/h264_metadata_bsf.c
index 30c0aa80d9..6673a32601 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_metadata_bsf.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_metadata_bsf.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static int h264_metadata_update_fragment(AVBSFContext *bsf, AVPacket *pkt,
     if (pkt)
         ctx->done_first_au = 1;
 
-    return err;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static const CBSBSFType h264_metadata_type = {