diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp
index e7ada5e939..e148273c53 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ffmpeg/AVFormatReader.cpp
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ AVFormatReader::StreamCookie::_NextPacket(bool reuse)
 	if (fReusePacket) {
 		// The last packet was marked for reuse, so we keep using it.
 		TRACE_PACKET("  re-using last packet\n");
+		fReusePacket = reuse;
 		return B_OK;
 	}