diff --git a/libavformat/dhav.c b/libavformat/dhav.c
index 00e0d8476e..6a6c235e65 100644
--- a/libavformat/dhav.c
+++ b/libavformat/dhav.c
@@ -173,18 +173,9 @@ static int read_chunk(AVFormatContext *s)
     if (avio_feof(s->pb))
         return AVERROR_EOF;
 
-    if (avio_rl32(s->pb) != MKTAG('D','H','A','V') && dhav->last_good_pos < INT64_MAX - 0x8000) {
-        dhav->last_good_pos += 0x8000;
-        avio_seek(s->pb, dhav->last_good_pos, SEEK_SET);
-
-        while (avio_rl32(s->pb) != MKTAG('D','H','A','V')) {
-            if (avio_feof(s->pb) || dhav->last_good_pos >= INT64_MAX - 0x8000)
-                return AVERROR_EOF;
-            dhav->last_good_pos += 0x8000;
-            ret = avio_skip(s->pb, 0x8000 - 4);
-            if (ret < 0)
-                return ret;
-        }
+    while (avio_r8(s->pb) != 'D' || avio_r8(s->pb) != 'H' || avio_r8(s->pb) != 'A' || avio_r8(s->pb) != 'V') {
+        if (avio_feof(s->pb))
+            return AVERROR_EOF;
     }
 
     start = avio_tell(s->pb) - 4;