diff --git a/libavformat/id3v2.c b/libavformat/id3v2.c
index bec3300ad6..63df4c21c4 100644
--- a/libavformat/id3v2.c
+++ b/libavformat/id3v2.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,9 @@ static void id3v2_parse(AVIOContext *pb, AVDictionary **metadata,
 
                     av_log(s, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Compresssed frame %s tlen=%d dlen=%ld\n", tag, tlen, dlen);
 
+                    if (tlen <= 0)
+                        goto seek;
+
                     av_fast_malloc(&uncompressed_buffer, &uncompressed_buffer_size, dlen);
                     if (!uncompressed_buffer) {
                         av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to alloc %ld bytes\n", dlen);