diff --git a/libavcodec/aacdec.c b/libavcodec/aacdec.c
index b8779c01a6..9fe1133b34 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacdec.c
@@ -2940,6 +2940,11 @@ static int aac_decode_er_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
 
     spectral_to_sample(ac);
 
+    if (!ac->frame->data[0] && samples) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "no frame data found\n");
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
+
     ac->frame->nb_samples = samples;
     ac->frame->sample_rate = avctx->sample_rate;
     *got_frame_ptr = 1;