diff --git a/libavformat/apetag.c b/libavformat/apetag.c
index e861aac0f8..c53de41f31 100644
--- a/libavformat/apetag.c
+++ b/libavformat/apetag.c
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ int64_t ff_ape_parse_tag(AVFormatContext *s)
 
     avio_seek(pb, file_size - APE_TAG_FOOTER_BYTES, SEEK_SET);
 
-    avio_read(pb, buf, 8);     /* APETAGEX */
+    if(avio_read(pb, buf, 8) != 8)     /* APETAGEX */
+        return 0;
     if (strncmp(buf, APE_TAG_PREAMBLE, 8)) {
         return 0;
     }