diff --git a/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVideoCursor.cxx b/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVideoCursor.cxx
index 79a4847ec3..ba5eb42704 100644
--- a/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVideoCursor.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/movies/ffmpegVideoCursor.cxx
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ fetch_time(double time) {
     // Time is in the present: already have the frame.
   } else if (time < _next_start + _min_fseek) {
     // Time is in the near future.
-    while (_packet_time <= time) {
+    while ((_packet_time <= time) && (_packet->data)) {
       fetch_frame();
     }
   } else {