diff --git a/libavformat/flvdec.c b/libavformat/flvdec.c
index b57929eda10842cca6ec7afe4f1a99db3699ce56..482e876d6e6cb5b072d1f84c938d99691852aed7 100644
--- a/libavformat/flvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/flvdec.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int flv_same_video_codec(AVCodecContext *vcodec, int flags)
     }
 }
 
-static int flv_set_video_codec(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *vstream, int flv_codecid) {
+static int flv_set_video_codec(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *vstream, int flv_codecid, int read) {
     AVCodecContext *vcodec = vstream->codec;
     switch(flv_codecid) {
         case FLV_CODECID_H263  : vcodec->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_FLV1   ; break;
@@ -210,11 +210,13 @@ static int flv_set_video_codec(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *vstream, int flv_co
         case FLV_CODECID_VP6A  :
             if(flv_codecid == FLV_CODECID_VP6A)
                 vcodec->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_VP6A;
-            if(vcodec->extradata_size != 1) {
-                vcodec->extradata_size = 1;
-                vcodec->extradata = av_malloc(1 + FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
+            if (read) {
+                if (vcodec->extradata_size != 1) {
+                    vcodec->extradata_size = 1;
+                    vcodec->extradata = av_malloc(1 + FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
+                }
+                vcodec->extradata[0] = avio_r8(s->pb);
             }
-            vcodec->extradata[0] = avio_r8(s->pb);
             return 1; // 1 byte body size adjustment for flv_read_packet()
         case FLV_CODECID_H264:
             vcodec->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_H264;
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ static int amf_parse_object(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *astream, AVStream *vst
                 st->codec->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_TEXT;
             } else if (flv->trust_metadata) {
                 if (!strcmp(key, "videocodecid") && vcodec) {
-                    flv_set_video_codec(s, vstream, num_val);
+                    flv_set_video_codec(s, vstream, num_val, 0);
                 } else
                 if (!strcmp(key, "audiocodecid") && acodec) {
                     flv_set_audio_codec(s, astream, acodec, num_val);
@@ -795,7 +797,7 @@ retry_duration:
             sample_rate = ctx.sample_rate;
         }
     } else if(stream_type == FLV_STREAM_TYPE_VIDEO) {
-        size -= flv_set_video_codec(s, st, flags & FLV_VIDEO_CODECID_MASK);
+        size -= flv_set_video_codec(s, st, flags & FLV_VIDEO_CODECID_MASK, 1);
     }
 
     if (st->codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_AAC ||