diff --git a/libavformat/asfdec.c b/libavformat/asfdec.c
index bae0eacd10..2922ecf515 100644
--- a/libavformat/asfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/asfdec.c
@@ -789,6 +789,13 @@ static int ff_asf_get_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb)
         asf->packet_segments = 1;
         asf->packet_segsizetype = 0x80;
     }
+    if (rsize > packet_length - padsize) {
+        asf->packet_size_left = 0;
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+               "invalid packet header length %d for pktlen %d-%d at %"PRId64"\n",
+               rsize, packet_length, padsize, avio_tell(pb));
+        return -1;
+    }
     asf->packet_size_left = packet_length - padsize - rsize;
     if (packet_length < asf->hdr.min_pktsize)
         padsize += asf->hdr.min_pktsize - packet_length;