diff --git a/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h264.c b/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h264.c
index f31b6d4069..8bbb4639e6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h264.c
@@ -1313,6 +1313,7 @@ static int write_extra_headers(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         if (err < 0)
             goto fail;
     } else {
+        err = 0;
         *data_len = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h265.c b/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h265.c
index c363778920..f0ec852557 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h265.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vulkan_encode_h265.c
@@ -1473,6 +1473,7 @@ static int write_extra_headers(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         if (err < 0)
             goto fail;
     } else {
+        err = 0;
         *data_len = 0;
     }