diff --git a/ext/vpx/gstvpxenc.c b/ext/vpx/gstvpxenc.c
index e56b7669ea..00fd3f272a 100644
--- a/ext/vpx/gstvpxenc.c
+++ b/ext/vpx/gstvpxenc.c
@@ -1903,7 +1903,8 @@ gst_vpx_enc_handle_frame (GstVideoEncoder * video_encoder,
     GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (encoder, LIBRARY, ENCODE,
         ("Failed to encode frame"), ("%s", gst_vpx_error_name (status)));
     gst_video_codec_frame_set_user_data (frame, NULL, NULL);
-    return FALSE;
+
+    return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
   }
   gst_video_codec_frame_unref (frame);
   return gst_vpx_enc_process (encoder);