diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index d45a6b55a7..3fd17dd771 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ static int parse_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, int stream_index)
         out_pkt.pts          = st->parser->pts;
         out_pkt.dts          = st->parser->dts;
         out_pkt.pos          = st->parser->pos;
+        out_pkt.flags       |= pkt->flags & AV_PKT_FLAG_DISCARD;
 
         if (st->need_parsing == AVSTREAM_PARSE_FULL_RAW)
             out_pkt.pos = st->parser->frame_offset;