diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 496b656378..3413a7ff50 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3037,7 +3037,7 @@ int avformat_find_stream_info(AVFormatContext *ic, AVDictionary **options)
                 st->codec->time_base = st->time_base;
         }
         // only for the split stuff
-        if (!st->parser && !(ic->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_NOPARSE)) {
+        if (!st->parser && !(ic->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_NOPARSE) && st->request_probe <= 0) {
             st->parser = av_parser_init(st->codec->codec_id);
             if (st->parser) {
                 if (st->need_parsing == AVSTREAM_PARSE_HEADERS) {