diff --git a/libavformat/ftp.c b/libavformat/ftp.c
index 761dce8128..7b0cf31492 100644
--- a/libavformat/ftp.c
+++ b/libavformat/ftp.c
@@ -746,6 +746,11 @@ static int ftp_connect(URLContext *h, const char *url)
     av_free(s->path);
     s->path = newpath;
 
+    if (strpbrk(s->path, "\r\n")) {
+        av_log(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Path contains CR/LF characters\n");
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }