diff --git a/libavcodec/exif.c b/libavcodec/exif.c
index 0f3f80c976..a980da2a7b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/exif.c
+++ b/libavcodec/exif.c
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static int exif_decode_tag(AVCodecContext *avctx, GetByteContext *gbytes, int le
 
     ff_tread_tag(gbytes, le, &id, &type, &count, &cur_pos);
 
+    if (!bytestream2_tell(gbytes)) {
+        bytestream2_seek(gbytes, cur_pos, SEEK_SET);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     // read count values and add it metadata
     // store metadata or proceed with next IFD
     ret = ff_tis_ifd(id);