diff --git a/libavformat/wavdec.c b/libavformat/wavdec.c
index ce86d83412..864185f989 100644
--- a/libavformat/wavdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/wavdec.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void handle_stream_probing(AVStream *st)
 {
     if (st->codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE) {
         st->request_probe = AVPROBE_SCORE_EXTENSION;
-        st->probe_packets = FFMIN(st->probe_packets, 20);
+        st->probe_packets = FFMIN(st->probe_packets, 32);
     }
 }