diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/remotetcpinput/remotetcpinputtcphandler.cpp b/plugins/samplesource/remotetcpinput/remotetcpinputtcphandler.cpp
index dd8e88efe..f4c150754 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/remotetcpinput/remotetcpinputtcphandler.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/remotetcpinput/remotetcpinputtcphandler.cpp
@@ -2231,6 +2231,7 @@ void RemoteTCPInputTCPHandler::processUncompressedData(const char *inBuf, int nb
     else // invalid size
     {
         qWarning("RemoteTCPInputTCPHandler::convert: unexpected sample size in stream: %d bits", (int) m_settings.m_sampleBits);
+        return;
     }
 
     qint32 len = nbSamples*2;