diff --git a/libavformat/dashenc.c b/libavformat/dashenc.c
index 435a5e8afe..5e31b09486 100644
--- a/libavformat/dashenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/dashenc.c
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ static int dash_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             (ret = flush_init_segment(s, os)) < 0)
             return ret;
     }
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static int add_segment(OutputStream *os, const char *file,
diff --git a/libavformat/hlsenc.c b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
index d5cd627e59..e560aa6a20 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ static int hls_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         }
     }
 
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static int hls_init_file_resend(AVFormatContext *s, VariantStream *vs)