diff --git a/libavformat/mlpdec.c b/libavformat/mlpdec.c
index 2cce506d48..d82df219d9 100644
--- a/libavformat/mlpdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mlpdec.c
@@ -29,16 +29,19 @@ static int av_always_inline mlp_thd_probe(AVProbeData *p, uint32_t sync)
 {
     const uint8_t *buf, *last_buf = p->buf, *end = p->buf + p->buf_size;
     int frames = 0, valid = 0, size = 0;
+    int nsubframes = 0;
 
     for (buf = p->buf; buf + 8 <= end; buf++) {
         if (AV_RB32(buf + 4) == sync) {
             frames++;
             if (last_buf + size == buf) {
-                valid++;
+                valid += 1 + nsubframes / 8;
             }
+            nsubframes = 0;
             last_buf = buf;
             size = (AV_RB16(buf) & 0xfff) * 2;
         } else if (buf - last_buf == size) {
+            nsubframes++;
             size += (AV_RB16(buf) & 0xfff) * 2;
         }
     }