diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index eaa912612f..20316af64b 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -675,7 +675,8 @@ int av_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
             memset(pd->buf+pd->buf_size, 0, AVPROBE_PADDING_SIZE);
 
             if(av_log2(pd->buf_size) != av_log2(pd->buf_size - pkt->size)){
-                set_codec_from_probe_data(s, st, pd, 1);
+                //FIXME we dont reduce score to 0 for the case of running out of buffer space in bytes
+                set_codec_from_probe_data(s, st, pd, st->probe_packets > 0 ? AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX/4 : 0);
                 if(st->codec->codec_id != CODEC_ID_PROBE){
                     pd->buf_size=0;
                     av_freep(&pd->buf);