diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264parser.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264parser.c
index 85119713eb..386fe5a1bb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264parser.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264parser.c
@@ -3781,8 +3781,6 @@ gst_h264_parser_parse_decoder_config_record (GstH264NalParser * nalparser,
   if (ret->length_size_minus_one == 2) {
     /* "length_size_minus_one + 1" should be 1, 2, or 4 */
     GST_WARNING ("Wrong nal-length-size");
-    result = GST_H264_PARSER_ERROR;
-    goto error;
   }
 
   /* reserved 3bits */
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth265parser.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth265parser.c
index eaf35852ee..9d126080f2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth265parser.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth265parser.c
@@ -5093,8 +5093,6 @@ gst_h265_parser_parse_decoder_config_record (GstH265Parser * parser,
   if (ret->length_size_minus_one == 2) {
     /* "length_size_minus_one + 1" should be 1, 2, or 4 */
     GST_WARNING ("Wrong nal-length-size");
-    result = GST_H265_PARSER_ERROR;
-    goto error;
   }
 
   READ_CONFIG_UINT8 (num_of_arrays, 8);
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/h264parser.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/h264parser.c
index f42fd31ac5..04fd1dc092 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/h264parser.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/check/libs/h264parser.c
@@ -845,12 +845,14 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_h264_decoder_config_record)
   assert_equals_int (ret, GST_H264_PARSER_ERROR);
   fail_unless (config == NULL);
 
-  /* wrong length size, return error with null config data */
+  /* wrong length size, since we still try to use it. so return ok */
   ret = gst_h264_parser_parse_decoder_config_record (parser,
       h264_wrong_length_size_codec_data,
       sizeof (h264_wrong_length_size_codec_data), &config);
-  assert_equals_int (ret, GST_H264_PARSER_ERROR);
-  fail_unless (config == NULL);
+  assert_equals_int (ret, GST_H264_PARSER_OK);
+  fail_unless (config != NULL);
+  assert_equals_int (config->length_size_minus_one, 2);
+  g_clear_pointer (&config, gst_h264_decoder_config_record_free);
 
   gst_h264_nal_parser_free (parser);
 }