diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 9eb8967c30..12f8e32e59 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -1201,15 +1201,13 @@ static int mov_read_chnl(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
     version = avio_r8(pb);
     flags   = avio_rb24(pb);
     if (version != 0 || flags != 0) {
-        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR,
-               "Unsupported 'chnl' box with version %d, flags: %#x",
+        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_WARNING,
+               "Unsupported 'chnl' box with version %d, flags: %#x\n",
                version, flags);
-        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+        return 0;
     }
 
-    ret = ff_mov_read_chnl(c->fc, pb, st);
-    if (ret < 0)
-        return ret;
+    ff_mov_read_chnl(c->fc, pb, st);
 
     if (avio_tell(pb) != end) {
         av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_WARNING, "skip %" PRId64 " bytes of unknown data inside chnl\n",