diff --git a/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c b/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
index 7468e0dae4..c19b54552c 100644
--- a/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
+++ b/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ int ff_vorbis_comment(AVFormatContext *as, AVDictionary **m,
             if (!tt || !ct) {
                 av_freep(&tt);
                 av_freep(&ct);
-                av_log(as, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-                       "out-of-memory error. skipping VorbisComment tag.\n");
-                continue;
+                return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
             }
 
             for (j = 0; j < tl; j++)