diff --git a/src/oldmovie.cpp b/src/oldmovie.cpp
index 1672fdcf..d28426eb 100644
--- a/src/oldmovie.cpp
+++ b/src/oldmovie.cpp
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ EFCM_CONVERTRESULT convert_fcm(MovieData& md, std::string fname)
 
 
 	EMUFILE* fp = FCEUD_UTF8_fstream(fname, "rb");
-	if(!fp) FCM_CONVERTRESULT_FAILOPEN;
+	if(!fp) return FCM_CONVERTRESULT_FAILOPEN;
 
 	// read header
 	uint32 magic = 0;