diff --git a/gst/isomp4/atomsrecovery.c b/gst/isomp4/atomsrecovery.c
index fe46ce54e91908ced67fea31c209e973938ab5d2..24bc31c6e7db9b83cdf2ddd4ccbdbf46de9f73bb 100644
--- a/gst/isomp4/atomsrecovery.c
+++ b/gst/isomp4/atomsrecovery.c
@@ -673,8 +673,11 @@ moov_recov_parse_trak (MoovRecovFile * moovrf, TrakRecovData * trakrd)
   if (!moov_recov_parse_mdia (moovrf, trakrd))
     return FALSE;
 
-  fseek (moovrf->file, (long int) trakrd->mdia_file_offset + trakrd->mdia_size,
-      SEEK_SET);
+  if (fseek (moovrf->file,
+          (long int) trakrd->mdia_file_offset + trakrd->mdia_size,
+          SEEK_SET) != 0)
+    return FALSE;
+
   trakrd->extra_atoms_offset = ftell (moovrf->file);
   trakrd->extra_atoms_size = size - (trakrd->extra_atoms_offset - offset);