diff --git a/libavformat/mvdec.c b/libavformat/mvdec.c
index 0718f0483a..c045d2c7c8 100644
--- a/libavformat/mvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mvdec.c
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ static int read_table(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVStream *st,
         if (avio_feof(pb))
             return AVERROR_EOF;
 
-        avio_read(pb, name, 16);
+        if (avio_read(pb, name, 16) != 16)
+            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
         name[sizeof(name) - 1] = 0;
         size = avio_rb32(pb);
         if (size < 0) {