diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 7e406e2ed0..4492e25656 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -521,12 +521,14 @@ static int mov_read_dref(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext *pb, MOVAtom atom)
                 av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "type %d, len %d\n", type, len);
                 if (len&1)
                     len += 1;
-                if (type == 2) { // absolute path
+                if (type == 2 || type == 18) { // absolute path
                     av_free(dref->path);
                     dref->path = av_mallocz(len+1);
                     if (!dref->path)
                         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
                     avio_read(pb, dref->path, len);
+                    if (type == 18) // no additional processing needed
+                        continue;
                     if (len > volume_len && !strncmp(dref->path, dref->volume, volume_len)) {
                         len -= volume_len;
                         memmove(dref->path, dref->path+volume_len, len);