diff --git a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
index 5950b4de44..b7ff1950d3 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
@@ -1304,8 +1304,6 @@ static int mkv_write_track(AVFormatContext *s, MatroskaMuxContext *mkv,
         if(   st->avg_frame_rate.num > 0 && st->avg_frame_rate.den > 0
            && av_cmp_q(av_inv_q(st->avg_frame_rate), st->time_base) > 0)
             put_ebml_uint(pb, MATROSKA_ID_TRACKDEFAULTDURATION, 1000000000LL * st->avg_frame_rate.den / st->avg_frame_rate.num);
-        else
-            put_ebml_uint(pb, MATROSKA_ID_TRACKDEFAULTDURATION, 1000000000LL * st->time_base.num / st->time_base.den);
 
         if (!native_id &&
             ff_codec_get_tag(ff_codec_movvideo_tags, par->codec_id) &&