diff --git a/libavformat/latmenc.c b/libavformat/latmenc.c
index 17dbf33b72..db6977e585 100644
--- a/libavformat/latmenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/latmenc.c
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ static void latm_write_frame_header(AVFormatContext *s, PutBitContext *bs)
 
             if (!ctx->channel_conf) {
                 GetBitContext gb;
-                init_get_bits8(&gb, avctx->extradata, avctx->extradata_size);
+                int ret = init_get_bits8(&gb, avctx->extradata, avctx->extradata_size);
+                av_assert0(ret >= 0); // extradata size has been checked already, so this should not fail
                 skip_bits_long(&gb, ctx->off + 3);
                 avpriv_copy_pce_data(bs, &gb);
             }