diff --git a/libavformat/rawdec.c b/libavformat/rawdec.c
index a4e009b7e0..02e335ad1b 100644
--- a/libavformat/rawdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rawdec.c
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ int ff_raw_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
 
             if (s1->sample_rate)
                 st->codec->sample_rate = s1->sample_rate;
+            if (st->codec->sample_rate <= 0) {
+                av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid sample rate %d specified\n",
+                       st->codec->sample_rate);
+                return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+            }
+
             if (s1->channels)
                 st->codec->channels    = s1->channels;