diff --git a/libavcodec/mpc8.c b/libavcodec/mpc8.c
index 2785259119..ae145927ee 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpc8.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpc8.c
@@ -155,7 +155,13 @@ static av_cold int mpc8_decode_init(AVCodecContext * avctx)
 
     init_get_bits(&gb, avctx->extradata, 16);
 
-    skip_bits(&gb, 3);//sample rate
+    uint8_t sample_rate_idx = get_bits(&gb, 3);
+    static const int sample_rates[] = { 44100, 48000, 37800, 32000 };
+    if (sample_rate_idx >= FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(sample_rates)) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "invalid sample rate index (%u)\n", sample_rate_idx);
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
+    avctx->sample_rate = sample_rates[sample_rate_idx];
     c->maxbands = get_bits(&gb, 5) + 1;
     if (c->maxbands >= BANDS) {
         av_log(avctx,AV_LOG_ERROR, "maxbands %d too high\n", c->maxbands);