diff --git a/libavcodec/aac.c b/libavcodec/aac.c
index 6b2c4169d73e601960f0038976c1599efb1ab170..c53d56813d140868132f5e64e6976464a05bfdf7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aac.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aac.c
@@ -1692,6 +1692,8 @@ static int parse_adts_frame_header(AACContext *ac, GetBitContext *gb)
         ac->m4ac.sample_rate     = hdr_info.sample_rate;
         ac->m4ac.sampling_index  = hdr_info.sampling_index;
         ac->m4ac.object_type     = hdr_info.object_type;
+        if (!ac->avccontext->sample_rate)
+            ac->avccontext->sample_rate = hdr_info.sample_rate;
         if (hdr_info.num_aac_frames == 1) {
             if (!hdr_info.crc_absent)
                 skip_bits(gb, 16);