diff --git a/libavcodec/eatgv.c b/libavcodec/eatgv.c
index b4d3d1d27d..835ff15168 100644
--- a/libavcodec/eatgv.c
+++ b/libavcodec/eatgv.c
@@ -173,9 +173,10 @@ static int tgv_decode_inter(TgvContext *s, AVFrame *frame,
 
     /* allocate codebook buffers as necessary */
     if (num_mvs > s->num_mvs) {
-        if (av_reallocp_array(&s->mv_codebook, num_mvs, sizeof(*s->mv_codebook))) {
+        int err = av_reallocp_array(&s->mv_codebook, num_mvs, sizeof(*s->mv_codebook));
+        if (err < 0) {
             s->num_mvs = 0;
-            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+            return err;
         }
         s->num_mvs = num_mvs;
     }