diff --git a/libavformat/flvenc.c b/libavformat/flvenc.c
index e217ba8a82..9e732fcf9f 100644
--- a/libavformat/flvenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/flvenc.c
@@ -514,6 +514,11 @@ static int flv_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     uint8_t *data = NULL;
     int flags = -1, flags_size, ret;
 
+    if (enc->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO && !pkt->size) {
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Empty audio Packet\n");
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+
     if (enc->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VP6F || enc->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VP6A ||
         enc->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_VP6  || enc->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_AAC)
         flags_size = 2;