diff --git a/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c b/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
index a20e2295781be2b3c4b3f571cd3aa443d345a221..765672067a3c43f9e2665aa3f3cf0d027d9f5f7a 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
@@ -1523,8 +1523,6 @@ static int mpegts_write_packet_internal(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
             if (!ts_st->amux) {
                 av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "AAC bitstream not in ADTS format "
                                         "and extradata missing\n");
-                if (!st->nb_frames)
-                    return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             } else {
             av_init_packet(&pkt2);
             pkt2.data = pkt->data;