diff --git a/libavformat/avr.c b/libavformat/avr.c
index 1cc4d56bfb..dce977b6ac 100644
--- a/libavformat/avr.c
+++ b/libavformat/avr.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ static int avr_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     avio_skip(s->pb, 1); // replay speed
 
     st->codecpar->sample_rate = avio_rb24(s->pb);
+    if (st->codecpar->sample_rate == 0)
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+
     avio_skip(s->pb, 4 * 3);
     avio_skip(s->pb, 2 * 3);
     avio_skip(s->pb, 20);