diff --git a/libavformat/avidec.c b/libavformat/avidec.c
index c74aa1096e..05f5d58290 100644
--- a/libavformat/avidec.c
+++ b/libavformat/avidec.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static int avi_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
             return AVERROR_EOF;
 
         best_ast = best_st->priv_data;
-        best_ts = av_rescale_q(best_ts, (AVRational){FFMAX(1, best_ast->sample_size), AV_TIME_BASE}, best_st->time_base);
+        best_ts = best_ast->frame_offset;
         if(best_ast->remaining)
             i= av_index_search_timestamp(best_st, best_ts, AVSEEK_FLAG_ANY | AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD);
         else{