diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index f2296f8917..036693a652 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -1232,8 +1232,8 @@ static int mov_read_mdhd(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
 
     sc->time_scale = avio_rb32(pb);
     if (sc->time_scale <= 0) {
-        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid mdhd time scale %d\n", sc->time_scale);
-        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid mdhd time scale %d, defaulting to 1\n", sc->time_scale);
+        sc->time_scale = 1;
     }
     st->duration = (version == 1) ? avio_rb64(pb) : avio_rb32(pb); /* duration */
 
@@ -1262,8 +1262,8 @@ static int mov_read_mvhd(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
     mov_metadata_creation_time(&c->fc->metadata, creation_time);
     c->time_scale = avio_rb32(pb); /* time scale */
     if (c->time_scale <= 0) {
-        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid mvhd time scale %d\n", c->time_scale);
-        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid mvhd time scale %d, defaulting to 1\n", c->time_scale);
+        c->time_scale = 1;
     }
     av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_TRACE, "time scale = %i\n", c->time_scale);