diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
index 08df96a01e..9d4a2bc39f 100644
--- a/libavformat/hls.c
+++ b/libavformat/hls.c
@@ -528,7 +528,8 @@ static int hls_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         ret = avformat_open_input(&v->ctx, v->segments[0]->url, in_fmt, NULL);
         if (ret < 0)
             goto fail;
-        v->ctx->probesize = 0;
+
+        v->ctx->ctx_flags &= ~AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER;
         ret = avformat_find_stream_info(v->ctx, NULL);
         if (ret < 0)
             goto fail;