diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 9e11ccc570..70fce18d39 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ API changes, most recent first:
 
 2016-xx-xx - lavc 57.14.0 - avcodec.h
   xxxxxxx - Add AVCodecParameters and its related API.
+  xxxxxxx - Add av_get_audio_frame_duration2().
 
 2016-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavf 57.4.0 - avformat.h
   Add AVFormatContext.protocol_whitelist and protocol_blacklist.
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 4d6b2d0cb2..33de8ec409 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -4686,6 +4686,12 @@ int av_get_exact_bits_per_sample(enum AVCodecID codec_id);
  */
 int av_get_audio_frame_duration(AVCodecContext *avctx, int frame_bytes);
 
+/**
+ * This function is the same as av_get_audio_frame_duration(), except it works
+ * with AVCodecParameters instead of an AVCodecContext.
+ */
+int av_get_audio_frame_duration2(AVCodecParameters *par, int frame_bytes);
+
 
 typedef struct AVBitStreamFilterContext {
     void *priv_data;
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 86a67e1672..a9a74230fd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -2037,21 +2037,15 @@ int av_get_bits_per_sample(enum AVCodecID codec_id)
     }
 }
 
-int av_get_audio_frame_duration(AVCodecContext *avctx, int frame_bytes)
+static int get_audio_frame_duration(enum AVCodecID id, int sr, int ch, int ba,
+                                    uint32_t tag, int bits_per_coded_sample, int frame_bytes)
 {
-    int id, sr, ch, ba, tag, bps;
-
-    id  = avctx->codec_id;
-    sr  = avctx->sample_rate;
-    ch  = avctx->channels;
-    ba  = avctx->block_align;
-    tag = avctx->codec_tag;
-    bps = av_get_exact_bits_per_sample(avctx->codec_id);
+    int bps = av_get_exact_bits_per_sample(id);
 
     /* codecs with an exact constant bits per sample */
     if (bps > 0 && ch > 0 && frame_bytes > 0)
         return (frame_bytes * 8) / (bps * ch);
-    bps = avctx->bits_per_coded_sample;
+    bps = bits_per_coded_sample;
 
     /* codecs with a fixed packet duration */
     switch (id) {
@@ -2155,7 +2149,7 @@ int av_get_audio_frame_duration(AVCodecContext *avctx, int frame_bytes)
             if (ba > 0) {
                 /* calc from frame_bytes, channels, and block_align */
                 int blocks = frame_bytes / ba;
-                switch (avctx->codec_id) {
+                switch (id) {
                 case AV_CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_WAV:
                     return blocks * (1 + (ba - 4 * ch) / (4 * ch) * 8);
                 case AV_CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_DK3:
@@ -2169,7 +2163,7 @@ int av_get_audio_frame_duration(AVCodecContext *avctx, int frame_bytes)
 
             if (bps > 0) {
                 /* calc from frame_bytes, channels, and bits_per_coded_sample */
-                switch (avctx->codec_id) {
+                switch (id) {
                 case AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_DVD:
                     return 2 * (frame_bytes / ((bps * 2 / 8) * ch));
                 case AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_BLURAY:
@@ -2184,6 +2178,22 @@ int av_get_audio_frame_duration(AVCodecContext *avctx, int frame_bytes)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int av_get_audio_frame_duration(AVCodecContext *avctx, int frame_bytes)
+{
+    return get_audio_frame_duration(avctx->codec_id, avctx->sample_rate,
+                                    avctx->channels, avctx->block_align,
+                                    avctx->codec_tag, avctx->bits_per_coded_sample,
+                                    frame_bytes);
+}
+
+int av_get_audio_frame_duration2(AVCodecParameters *par, int frame_bytes)
+{
+    return get_audio_frame_duration(par->codec_id, par->sample_rate,
+                                    par->channels, par->block_align,
+                                    par->codec_tag, par->bits_per_coded_sample,
+                                    frame_bytes);
+}
+
 #if !HAVE_THREADS
 int ff_thread_init(AVCodecContext *s)
 {