diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index 86b9126ab2d86b97b6c07b80cb1134880cad9c15..588aff58f6b132e5fdc9e15cebc4040171d31dd7 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const int program_birth_year = 2003;
 #define SDL_AUDIO_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 
 /* no AV sync correction is done if below the minimum AV sync threshold */
-#define AV_SYNC_THRESHOLD_MIN 0.01
+#define AV_SYNC_THRESHOLD_MIN 0.04
 /* AV sync correction is done if above the maximum AV sync threshold */
 #define AV_SYNC_THRESHOLD_MAX 0.1
 /* If a frame duration is longer than this, it will not be duplicated to compensate AV sync */