diff --git a/libavformat/mpeg.c b/libavformat/mpeg.c
index edb134f740..787d5f0033 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpeg.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpeg.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ found:
     if (st->discard >= AVDISCARD_ALL)
         goto skip;
     if (startcode >= 0xa0 && startcode <= 0xaf) {
-      if (lpcm_header_len == 6 && st->codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_MLP) {
+      if (st->codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_MLP) {
             if (len < 6)
                 goto skip;
             avio_skip(s->pb, 6);