diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index e859ad21c7..c4d09e99ac 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -4325,10 +4325,16 @@ AVRational av_guess_sample_aspect_ratio(AVFormatContext *format, AVStream *strea
 AVRational av_guess_frame_rate(AVFormatContext *format, AVStream *st, AVFrame *frame)
 {
     AVRational fr = st->r_frame_rate;
+    AVRational codec_fr = av_inv_q(st->codec->time_base);
+    AVRational   avg_fr = st->avg_frame_rate;
+
+    if (avg_fr.num > 0 && avg_fr.den > 0 && fr.num > 0 && fr.den > 0 &&
+        av_q2d(avg_fr) < 70 && av_q2d(fr) > 210) {
+        fr = avg_fr;
+    }
+
 
     if (st->codec->ticks_per_frame > 1) {
-        AVRational codec_fr = av_inv_q(st->codec->time_base);
-        AVRational   avg_fr = st->avg_frame_rate;
         codec_fr.den *= st->codec->ticks_per_frame;
         if (   codec_fr.num > 0 && codec_fr.den > 0 && av_q2d(codec_fr) < av_q2d(fr)*0.7
             && fabs(1.0 - av_q2d(av_div_q(avg_fr, fr))) > 0.1)