diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 12811dbf78..24a76a0daa 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,12 @@ static void mov_metadata_creation_time(AVDictionary **metadata, int64_t time)
     if (time) {
         if(time >= 2082844800)
             time -= 2082844800;  /* seconds between 1904-01-01 and Epoch */
+
+        if ((int64_t)(time * 1000000ULL) / 1000000 != time) {
+            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "creation_time is not representable\n");
+            return;
+        }
+
         avpriv_dict_set_timestamp(metadata, "creation_time", time * 1000000);
     }
 }