diff --git a/libavformat/mxfdec.c b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
index e8ee74131a..e06673ca5e 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
@@ -2195,7 +2195,9 @@ static int mxf_set_audio_pts(MXFContext *mxf, AVCodecContext *codec, AVPacket *p
 {
     MXFTrack *track = mxf->fc->streams[pkt->stream_index]->priv_data;
     pkt->pts = track->sample_count;
-    if (codec->channels <= 0 || av_get_bits_per_sample(codec->codec_id) <= 0)
+    if (   codec->channels <= 0
+        || av_get_bits_per_sample(codec->codec_id) <= 0
+        || codec->channels * (int64_t)av_get_bits_per_sample(codec->codec_id) < 8)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     track->sample_count += pkt->size / (codec->channels * (int64_t)av_get_bits_per_sample(codec->codec_id) / 8);
     return 0;