diff --git a/libavformat/aiffdec.c b/libavformat/aiffdec.c
index 4a042701e3..0b05af7e6d 100644
--- a/libavformat/aiffdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/aiffdec.c
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ static int get_aiff_header(AVFormatContext *s, int size,
         sample_rate = val << exp;
     else
         sample_rate = (val + (1ULL<<(-exp-1))) >> -exp;
+    if (sample_rate <= 0)
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+
     par->sample_rate = sample_rate;
     if (size < 18)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;