diff --git a/libavformat/rawdec.c b/libavformat/rawdec.c
index 02718e79c0..0387e3d266 100644
--- a/libavformat/rawdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rawdec.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ int ff_raw_audio_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
     st->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
     st->codec->codec_id = s->iformat->value;
     st->need_parsing = AVSTREAM_PARSE_FULL;
+    st->start_time = 0;
     /* the parameters will be extracted from the compressed bitstream */
 
     return 0;