diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 1e8a2f4280d18367ab6a951e782140da0a81cc0e..f46be17860c7d926aa88fd0647a18ac8b86a5b0c 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static void compute_pkt_fields(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st,
     int num, den, presentation_delayed, delay, i;
     int64_t offset;
 
-    if (pc && pc->pict_type == FF_B_TYPE)
+    if (st->codec->codec_id != CODEC_ID_H264 && pc && pc->pict_type == FF_B_TYPE)
         st->codec->has_b_frames = 1;
 
     /* do we have a video B-frame ? */