diff --git a/libavformat/bfi.c b/libavformat/bfi.c
index 6c98e33ab4..9d88533acf 100644
--- a/libavformat/bfi.c
+++ b/libavformat/bfi.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ static int bfi_read_header(AVFormatContext * s)
     /* Set the total number of frames. */
     avio_skip(pb, 8);
     chunk_header           = avio_rl32(pb);
+    if (chunk_header < 3)
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+
     bfi->nframes           = avio_rl32(pb);
     avio_rl32(pb);
     avio_rl32(pb);