diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c
index 813dafd1b238..c96c95a740c8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec.c
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ int vb2ops_vdec_buf_prepare(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 			mtk_v4l2_err("data will not fit into plane %d (%lu < %d)",
 				i, vb2_plane_size(vb, i),
 				q_data->sizeimage[i]);
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		if (!V4L2_TYPE_IS_OUTPUT(vb->type))
 			vb2_set_plane_payload(vb, i, q_data->sizeimage[i]);