diff --git a/libavformat/mpegts.c b/libavformat/mpegts.c
index 90510de99e..92a29a3b15 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static int mpegts_push_data(MpegTSFilter *filter,
             }
             break;
         case MPEGTS_PAYLOAD:
-            if (buf_size > 0) {
+            if (buf_size > 0 && pes->buffer) {
                 if (pes->data_index+buf_size > pes->total_size) {
                     new_pes_packet(pes, ts->pkt);
                     pes->total_size = MAX_PES_PAYLOAD;