diff --git a/libavformat/mpegts.c b/libavformat/mpegts.c
index 1d57947cb3e2d1a67a93585ba2d4080a129535dc..bc1e03e242bfae6cc26fb5da4799bae58d8249c7 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ static int mpegts_set_stream_info(AVStream *st, PESContext *pes,
     if ((st->codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_NONE ||
             (st->request_probe > 0 && st->request_probe < AVPROBE_SCORE_STREAM_RETRY / 5)) &&
         !avcodec_is_open(st->codec) &&
+        st->probe_packets > 0 &&
         stream_type == STREAM_TYPE_PRIVATE_DATA) {
         st->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_DATA;
         st->codec->codec_id   = AV_CODEC_ID_BIN_DATA;