diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c b/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c
index a2158bcb88..221941abcc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec.c
@@ -2255,20 +2255,15 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext * avctx,
     MPADecodeContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
     uint32_t header;
     int out_size;
-    int skipped = 0;
     OUT_INT *out_samples = data;
 
-retry:
     if(buf_size < HEADER_SIZE)
         return -1;
 
     header = AV_RB32(buf);
     if(ff_mpa_check_header(header) < 0){
-        buf++;
-        buf_size--;
-        skipped++;
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Header missing skipping one byte.\n");
-        goto retry;
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Header missing\n");
+        return -1;
     }
 
     if (ff_mpegaudio_decode_header((MPADecodeHeader *)s, header) == 1) {
@@ -2297,7 +2292,7 @@ retry:
     }else
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Error while decoding MPEG audio frame.\n"); //FIXME return -1 / but also return the number of bytes consumed
     s->frame_size = 0;
-    return buf_size + skipped;
+    return buf_size;
 }
 
 static void flush(AVCodecContext *avctx){