diff --git a/libavformat/mxfdec.c b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
index 0d773c5b0c..e8ecbd9083 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
@@ -2057,6 +2057,8 @@ static int mxf_set_audio_pts(MXFContext *mxf, AVCodecContext *codec, AVPacket *p
 {
     MXFTrack *track = mxf->fc->streams[pkt->stream_index]->priv_data;
     pkt->pts = track->sample_count;
+    if (codec->channels <= 0 || av_get_bits_per_sample(codec->codec_id) <= 0)
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     track->sample_count += pkt->size / (codec->channels * av_get_bits_per_sample(codec->codec_id) / 8);
     return 0;
 }