diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index ce8afbca77..83dcdf0ec7 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int mov_read_default(MOVContext *c, ByteIOContext *pb, MOV_atom_t atom)
 
         a.size -= 8;
 
-        if(a.size < 0)
+        if(a.size < 0 || a.size > atom.size - total_size)
             break;
 
         if (c->parse_table[i].type == 0) { /* skip leaf atoms data */