diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index 98913dfdb6..5a83e8af89 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -2653,6 +2653,8 @@ static int matroska_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             goto fail;
         pos = avio_tell(matroska->ctx->pb);
         res = ebml_parse(matroska, matroska_segment, matroska);
+        if (res == AVERROR(EIO)) // EOF is translated to EIO, this exists the loop on EOF
+            goto fail;
     }
     matroska_execute_seekhead(matroska);