diff --git a/libavformat/mtv.c b/libavformat/mtv.c
index c3fb15c34493a52b717c932d793be4d831176391..4c3b082881c6359449b9ed3464d4d7012dd8cd15 100644
--- a/libavformat/mtv.c
+++ b/libavformat/mtv.c
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ static int mtv_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
 
     avio_skip(pb, 4);
     audio_subsegments = avio_rl16(pb);
+
+    if (audio_subsegments == 0) {
+        av_log_ask_for_sample(s, "MTV files without audio are not supported\n");
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
+
     mtv->full_segment_size =
         audio_subsegments * (MTV_AUDIO_PADDING_SIZE + MTV_ASUBCHUNK_DATA_SIZE) +
         mtv->img_segment_size;