diff --git a/libavformat/mpegts.c b/libavformat/mpegts.c
index e2e734e32a..2048ad868a 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ static int mpegts_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                 st->start_time / 1000000.0, pcrs[0] / 27e6, ts->pcr_incr);
     }
 
-    avio_seek(pb, pos, SEEK_SET);
+    seek_back(s, pb, pos);
     return 0;
  fail:
     return -1;