diff --git a/libavformat/asfdec_o.c b/libavformat/asfdec_o.c
index fe6b9ebb51..a8eb89f77a 100644
--- a/libavformat/asfdec_o.c
+++ b/libavformat/asfdec_o.c
@@ -1652,17 +1652,13 @@ static int asf_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
      */
     while (1) {
         // for the cases when object size is invalid
-        if (avio_tell(pb) == asf->offset) {
-            if (asf->data_reached)
-                avio_seek(pb, asf->first_packet_offset, SEEK_SET);
+        if (avio_tell(pb) == asf->offset)
             break;
-        }
         asf->offset = avio_tell(pb);
         if ((ret = ff_get_guid(pb, &guid)) < 0) {
-            if (ret == AVERROR_EOF && asf->data_reached) {
-                avio_seek(pb, asf->first_packet_offset, SEEK_SET);
+            if (ret == AVERROR_EOF && asf->data_reached)
                 break;
-            } else
+            else
                 return ret;
         }
         g = find_guid(guid);
@@ -1679,6 +1675,13 @@ static int asf_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             break;
     }
 
+    if (!asf->data_reached) {
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Data Object was not found.\n");
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
+    if (pb->seekable)
+        avio_seek(pb, asf->first_packet_offset, SEEK_SET);
+
     for (i = 0; i < asf->nb_streams; i++) {
         const char *rfc1766 = asf->asf_sd[asf->asf_st[i]->lang_idx].langs;
         AVStream *st        = s->streams[asf->asf_st[i]->index];