diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.c b/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.c
index 09ec6abc0e..340b7cc441 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.c
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ static void init_packetizer(ByteIOContext *pb, uint8_t *buf, int len)
     pb->buf_end = buf + len;
 }
 
-void ff_wms_parse_sdp_a_line(AVFormatContext *s, const char *p)
+int ff_wms_parse_sdp_a_line(AVFormatContext *s, const char *p)
 {
+    int ret = 0;
     if (av_strstart(p, "pgmpu:data:application/vnd.ms.wms-hdr.asfv1;base64,", &p)) {
         ByteIOContext pb;
         RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
@@ -108,11 +109,14 @@ void ff_wms_parse_sdp_a_line(AVFormatContext *s, const char *p)
             av_close_input_stream(rt->asf_ctx);
             rt->asf_ctx = NULL;
         }
-        av_open_input_stream(&rt->asf_ctx, &pb, "", &asf_demuxer, NULL);
+        ret = av_open_input_stream(&rt->asf_ctx, &pb, "", &asf_demuxer, NULL);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            return ret;
         rt->asf_pb_pos = url_ftell(&pb);
         av_free(buf);
         rt->asf_ctx->pb = NULL;
     }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static int asfrtp_parse_sdp_line(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.h b/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.h
index 35873bda0c..dbd85dc846 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec_asf.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  *
  * @param s RTSP demux context
  */
-void ff_wms_parse_sdp_a_line(AVFormatContext *s, const char *p);
+int ff_wms_parse_sdp_a_line(AVFormatContext *s, const char *p);
 
 /**
  * Handlers for the x-asf-pf payloads (the payload ID for RTP/ASF).