diff --git a/libavformat/mpegts.c b/libavformat/mpegts.c
index 7380a807fd..aa7bde5768 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -598,6 +598,11 @@ static const StreamType DESC_types[] = {
 static void mpegts_find_stream_type(AVStream *st,
                                     uint32_t stream_type, const StreamType *types)
 {
+    if (avcodec_is_open(st->codec)) {
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "cannot set stream info, codec is open\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
     for (; types->stream_type; types++) {
         if (stream_type == types->stream_type) {
             st->codec->codec_type = types->codec_type;