diff --git a/libavcodec/rv10.c b/libavcodec/rv10.c
index 7b635b3a1c..af0d16c022 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rv10.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rv10.c
@@ -559,6 +559,11 @@ static int rv10_decode_packet(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         if(MPV_frame_start(s, avctx) < 0)
             return -1;
         ff_er_frame_start(s);
+    } else {
+        if (s->current_picture_ptr->pict_type != s->pict_type) {
+            av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Slice type mismatch\n");
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
 
     dprintf(avctx, "qscale=%d\n", s->qscale);