diff --git a/libavformat/ape.c b/libavformat/ape.c
index a9c695efe0..3c25630de0 100644
--- a/libavformat/ape.c
+++ b/libavformat/ape.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static int ape_read_header(AVFormatContext * s)
                ape->totalframes);
         return -1;
     }
-    if (ape->seektablelength && (ape->seektablelength / sizeof(*ape->seektable)) < ape->totalframes) {
+    if (ape->seektablelength / sizeof(*ape->seektable) < ape->totalframes) {
         av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                "Number of seek entries is less than number of frames: %zu vs. %"PRIu32"\n",
                ape->seektablelength / sizeof(*ape->seektable), ape->totalframes);