diff --git a/libavformat/mvdec.c b/libavformat/mvdec.c
index 7d59d82b13..045c66ac3c 100644
--- a/libavformat/mvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mvdec.c
@@ -213,10 +213,12 @@ static int parse_video_var(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVStream *st,
         st->codecpar->width = var_read_int(pb, size);
     } else if (!strcmp(name, "ORIENTATION")) {
         if (var_read_int(pb, size) == 1101) {
-            st->codecpar->extradata      = av_strdup("BottomUp");
-            if (!st->codecpar->extradata)
-                return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-            st->codecpar->extradata_size = 9;
+            if (!st->codecpar->extradata) {
+                st->codecpar->extradata = av_strdup("BottomUp");
+                if (!st->codecpar->extradata)
+                    return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+                st->codecpar->extradata_size = 9;
+            }
         }
     } else if (!strcmp(name, "Q_SPATIAL") || !strcmp(name, "Q_TEMPORAL")) {
         var_read_metadata(avctx, name, size);