diff --git a/libmpcodecs/ad_ffmpeg.c b/libmpcodecs/ad_ffmpeg.c
index bf2de83c97..afbbc72396 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/ad_ffmpeg.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/ad_ffmpeg.c
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ static int init(sh_audio_t *sh_audio)
   if(sh_audio->wf){
       // If the decoder uses the wrong number of channels all is lost anyway.
       // sh_audio->channels=sh_audio->wf->nChannels;
+      if (lavc_context->codec_id == CODEC_ID_AAC &&
+          sh_audio->samplerate == 2*sh_audio->wf->nSamplesPerSec) {
+          mp_msg(MSGT_DECAUDIO, MSGL_WARN,
+                 "Ignoring broken container sample rate for ACC with SBR\n");
+      } else
       if (sh_audio->wf->nSamplesPerSec)
       sh_audio->samplerate=sh_audio->wf->nSamplesPerSec;
       if (sh_audio->wf->nAvgBytesPerSec)