diff --git a/libavformat/rdt.c b/libavformat/rdt.c
index 3f161f618c..f492805d13 100644
--- a/libavformat/rdt.c
+++ b/libavformat/rdt.c
@@ -524,7 +524,11 @@ rdt_new_context (void)
 {
     PayloadContext *rdt = av_mallocz(sizeof(PayloadContext));
 
-    avformat_open_input(&rdt->rmctx, "", &ff_rdt_demuxer, NULL);
+    int ret = avformat_open_input(&rdt->rmctx, "", &ff_rdt_demuxer, NULL);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        av_free(rdt);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     return rdt;
 }