diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/midiparse.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/midiparse.c
index d7bfd7ed6c..94c3c20f79 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/midiparse.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/midiparse.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,8 @@ parse_MTrk (GstMidiParse * midiparse, guint8 * data, guint size)
 
   /* now loop over all events and calculate the duration */
   while (!track->eot) {
-    handle_next_event (midiparse, track, NULL, NULL);
+    if (handle_next_event (midiparse, track, NULL, NULL) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      return FALSE;
   }