diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index 3e52af79dffa55afc83a32542fe6f3dc6975e401..e9f9f6412b0f3aee7339e207cf552f6ae71258a4 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -2074,11 +2074,13 @@ static int decode_thread(void *arg)
             continue;
         }
         if(url_feof(ic->pb) || eof) {
+            if(is->video_stream >= 0){
             av_init_packet(pkt);
             pkt->data=NULL;
             pkt->size=0;
             pkt->stream_index= is->video_stream;
             packet_queue_put(&is->videoq, pkt);
+            }
             SDL_Delay(10);
             continue;
         }