diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index d3e1a9901e..596253b0f2 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
 
-    if (!*fmt && pb && pb->av_class && av_opt_get(pb, "mime_type", AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN, &mime_type) >= 0 && mime_type) {
+    if (!*fmt && pb->av_class && av_opt_get(pb, "mime_type", AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN, &mime_type) >= 0 && mime_type) {
         if (!av_strcasecmp(mime_type, "audio/aacp")) {
             *fmt = av_find_input_format("aac");
         }