diff --git a/libavformat/samidec.c b/libavformat/samidec.c
index 948e1ed8b1..bc9b745e9c 100644
--- a/libavformat/samidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/samidec.c
@@ -68,11 +68,17 @@ static int sami_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     while (!ff_text_eof(&tr)) {
         AVPacket *sub;
         const int64_t pos = ff_text_pos(&tr) - (c != 0);
-        int is_sync, n = ff_smil_extract_next_text_chunk(&tr, &buf, &c);
+        int is_sync, is_body, n = ff_smil_extract_next_text_chunk(&tr, &buf, &c);
 
         if (n == 0)
             break;
 
+        is_body = !av_strncasecmp(buf.str, "</BODY", 6);
+        if (is_body) {
+             av_bprint_clear(&buf);
+             break;
+        }
+
         is_sync = !av_strncasecmp(buf.str, "<SYNC", 5);
         if (is_sync)
             got_first_sync_point = 1;