diff --git a/libavformat/wavdec.c b/libavformat/wavdec.c
index daea64edc5..a865b760b7 100644
--- a/libavformat/wavdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/wavdec.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void handle_stream_probing(AVStream *st)
 {
     if (st->codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE) {
         st->request_probe = AVPROBE_SCORE_EXTENSION;
-        st->probe_packets = FFMIN(st->probe_packets, 4);
+        st->probe_packets = FFMIN(st->probe_packets, 14);
     }
 }