diff --git a/src/input/mpegts/tsdemux.c b/src/input/mpegts/tsdemux.c
index ef403c8..0a1ffb1 100644
--- a/src/input/mpegts/tsdemux.c
+++ b/src/input/mpegts/tsdemux.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ ts_recv_packet1
       t->s_scrambled_seen |= service_is_encrypted((service_t*)t);

     /* scrambled stream */
-    r = descrambler_descramble((service_t *)t, st, tsb);
+    r = !error ? descrambler_descramble((service_t *)t, st, tsb) : 1;
     if(r > 0) {
       pthread_mutex_unlock(&t->s_stream_mutex);
       return 1;