diff --git a/libavformat/nutdec.c b/libavformat/nutdec.c
index 9c017e04ab..88a2d32a45 100644
--- a/libavformat/nutdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/nutdec.c
@@ -822,10 +822,8 @@ static int nut_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
 
     ff_metadata_conv_ctx(s, NULL, ff_nut_metadata_conv);
 
-end:
-    if (ret < 0)
-        nut_read_close(s);
-    return FFMIN(ret, 0);
+    return 0;
+
 fail:
     nut_read_close(s);