diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index fcd4328587..b0b5e164a6 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -2666,7 +2666,7 @@ static void update_stream_timings(AVFormatContext *ic)
                 duration = FFMAX(duration, duration1);
         }
     }
-    if (start_time == INT64_MAX || (start_time > start_time_text && start_time - start_time_text < AV_TIME_BASE))
+    if (start_time == INT64_MAX || (start_time > start_time_text && start_time - (uint64_t)start_time_text < AV_TIME_BASE))
         start_time = start_time_text;
     else if (start_time > start_time_text)
         av_log(ic, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "Ignoring outlier non primary stream starttime %f\n", start_time_text / (float)AV_TIME_BASE);