diff --git a/libavcodec/dv.c b/libavcodec/dv.c
index eb49978ad8..194d982562 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dv.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dv.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static inline void dv_calc_mb_coordinates(const AVDVProfile *d, int chan,
     }
 }
 
-int ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(DVwork_chunk *work_chunks, const AVDVProfile *d)
+void ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(DVwork_chunk *work_chunks, const AVDVProfile *d)
 {
     int j, i, c, s, p;
 
@@ -185,6 +185,4 @@ int ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(DVwork_chunk *work_chunks, const AVDVProfile *d)
             }
         }
     }
-
-    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/dv_internal.h b/libavcodec/dv_internal.h
index 4b4151c88d..05e26a8138 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dv_internal.h
+++ b/libavcodec/dv_internal.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef struct DVwork_chunk {
     uint16_t mb_coordinates[5];
 } DVwork_chunk;
 
-int ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(DVwork_chunk *work_chunks, const AVDVProfile *d);
+void ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(DVwork_chunk *work_chunks, const AVDVProfile *d);
 
 static inline int dv_work_pool_size(const AVDVProfile *d)
 {
diff --git a/libavcodec/dvdec.c b/libavcodec/dvdec.c
index a06e4807e7..9e8d40187d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dvdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dvdec.c
@@ -637,11 +637,7 @@ static int dvvideo_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame,
     }
 
     if (sys != s->sys) {
-        ret = ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(s->work_chunks, sys);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error initializing the work tables.\n");
-            return ret;
-        }
+        ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(s->work_chunks, sys);
         dv_init_weight_tables(s, sys);
         s->sys = sys;
     }
diff --git a/libavcodec/dvenc.c b/libavcodec/dvenc.c
index ce21247081..3afeedbb87 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dvenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dvenc.c
@@ -93,11 +93,7 @@ static av_cold int dvvideo_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
 
-    ret = ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(s->work_chunks, s->sys);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error initializing work tables.\n");
-        return ret;
-    }
+    ff_dv_init_dynamic_tables(s->work_chunks, s->sys);
 
     memset(&fdsp,0, sizeof(fdsp));
     memset(&mecc,0, sizeof(mecc));