diff --git a/libavdevice/lavfi.c b/libavdevice/lavfi.c
index e4cacb640e1bc2d9914e9a4bfd595a5f6c8f4a11..3b6f0c382cb7864d464b35d0c179be88fe7ae249 100644
--- a/libavdevice/lavfi.c
+++ b/libavdevice/lavfi.c
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ av_cold static int lavfi_read_header(AVFormatContext *avctx)
             st->codec->height     = link->h;
             st       ->sample_aspect_ratio =
             st->codec->sample_aspect_ratio = link->sample_aspect_ratio;
+            avctx->probesize = FFMAX(avctx->probesize,
+                                     link->w * link->h *
+                                     av_get_padded_bits_per_pixel(av_pix_fmt_desc_get(link->format)) *
+                                     30);
         } else if (link->type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
             st->codec->codec_id    = av_get_pcm_codec(link->format, -1);
             st->codec->channels    = av_get_channel_layout_nb_channels(link->channel_layout);