diff --git a/libavformat/riffdec.c b/libavformat/riffdec.c
index 09fee9d603..88e2229a77 100644
--- a/libavformat/riffdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/riffdec.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ int ff_get_wav_header(AVIOContext *pb, AVCodecContext *codec, int size)
 {
     int id;
 
+    if (size < 14)
+        avpriv_request_sample(codec, "wav header size < 14");
+
     id                 = avio_rl16(pb);
     codec->codec_type  = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
     codec->channels    = avio_rl16(pb);