diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index 0ef6b3c76e..a4dace7c1d 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int handle_eac3(MOVMuxContext *mov, AVPacket *pkt, MOVTrack *track)
     if (!info->pkt && !(info->pkt = av_packet_alloc()))
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
-    if ((ret = avpriv_ac3_parse_header(&hdr, pkt->data, pkt->size) < 0)) {
+    if ((ret = avpriv_ac3_parse_header(&hdr, pkt->data, pkt->size)) < 0) {
         if (ret == AVERROR(ENOMEM))
             goto end;