diff --git a/libavformat/libquvi.c b/libavformat/libquvi.c
index 0a593cc9cf..9d47692f8b 100644
--- a/libavformat/libquvi.c
+++ b/libavformat/libquvi.c
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ static int libquvi_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     if ((ret = ff_copy_whitelists(qc->fmtctx, s)) < 0)
         goto end;
 
+    if (!qc->fmtctx->format_whitelist) {
+        qc->fmtctx->format_whitelist = av_strdup("avi,asf,flv,mov,mpeg,mpegts,aac,h264,hevc,mp3,ogg,matroska,mxf,mp2");
+        if (!qc->fmtctx->format_whitelist) {
+            avformat_free_context(qc->fmtctx);
+            qc->fmtctx = NULL;
+            goto err_quvi_cleanup;
+        }
+    }
+    if (strncmp(media_url, "http:", 5) && strncmp(media_url, "https:", 6)) {
+        avformat_free_context(qc->fmtctx);
+        qc->fmtctx = NULL;
+        goto err_quvi_cleanup;
+    }
+
     ret = avformat_open_input(&qc->fmtctx, media_url, NULL, NULL);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto end;