diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatdecoder.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatdecoder.cpp
index c497b26c064..749b25f5b18 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatdecoder.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/avformatdecoder.cpp
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ int AvFormatDecoder::ScanStreams(bool novideo)
         }
     }
 
-    if ((uint)ic->bit_rate > bitrate)
+    if (ic && ((uint)ic->bit_rate > bitrate))
         bitrate = (uint)ic->bit_rate;
 
     if (bitrate > 0)