diff --git a/libavcodec/av1dec.c b/libavcodec/av1dec.c
index d107b6c394..0646b86908 100644
--- a/libavcodec/av1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/av1dec.c
@@ -398,9 +398,6 @@ static int get_tiles_info(AVCodecContext *avctx, const AV1RawTileGroup *tile_gro
     s->tg_start = tile_group->tg_start;
     s->tg_end = tile_group->tg_end;
 
-    if (s->raw_frame_header->tile_cols == 0)
-        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
-
     for (tile_num = tile_group->tg_start; tile_num <= tile_group->tg_end; tile_num++) {
         tile_row = tile_num / s->raw_frame_header->tile_cols;
         tile_col = tile_num % s->raw_frame_header->tile_cols;