diff --git a/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c b/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c
index 38810ee269ada1df9ad5b1a9dc8dfc27daa95720..888801d36bc6066063cd99c4bf48cb6972a9659f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c
@@ -300,11 +300,6 @@ static av_cold int decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     s->packet_loss = 1;
     s->len_prefix  = (s->decode_flags & 0x40);
 
-    if (!s->len_prefix) {
-        av_log_ask_for_sample(avctx, "no length prefix\n");
-        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
-    }
-
     /** get frame len */
     s->samples_per_frame = 1 << ff_wma_get_frame_len_bits(avctx->sample_rate,
                                                           3, s->decode_flags);
@@ -1368,6 +1363,7 @@ static int decode_frame(WMAProDecodeCtx *s)
     } else
         s->samples += s->num_channels * s->samples_per_frame;
 
+    if (s->len_prefix) {
     if (len != (get_bits_count(gb) - s->frame_offset) + 2) {
         /** FIXME: not sure if this is always an error */
         av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "frame[%i] would have to skip %i bits\n",
@@ -1378,6 +1374,10 @@ static int decode_frame(WMAProDecodeCtx *s)
 
     /** skip the rest of the frame data */
     skip_bits_long(gb, len - (get_bits_count(gb) - s->frame_offset) - 1);
+    } else {
+        while (get_bits_count(gb) < s->num_saved_bits && get_bits1(gb) == 0) {
+        }
+    }
 
     /** decode trailer bit */
     more_frames = get_bits1(gb);
@@ -1515,18 +1515,34 @@ static int decode_packet(AVCodecContext *avctx,
                     s->num_saved_bits - s->frame_offset);
         }
 
-        s->packet_loss = 0;
+        if (s->packet_loss) {
+            /** reset number of saved bits so that the decoder
+                does not start to decode incomplete frames in the
+                s->len_prefix == 0 case */
+            s->num_saved_bits = 0;
+            s->packet_loss = 0;
+        }
 
     } else {
         int frame_size;
         s->buf_bit_size = avpkt->size << 3;
         init_get_bits(gb, avpkt->data, s->buf_bit_size);
         skip_bits(gb, s->packet_offset);
-        if (remaining_bits(s, gb) > s->log2_frame_size &&
+        if (s->len_prefix && remaining_bits(s, gb) > s->log2_frame_size &&
             (frame_size = show_bits(gb, s->log2_frame_size)) &&
             frame_size <= remaining_bits(s, gb)) {
             save_bits(s, gb, frame_size, 0);
             s->packet_done = !decode_frame(s);
+        } else if (!s->len_prefix
+                   && s->num_saved_bits > get_bits_count(&s->gb)) {
+            /** when the frames do not have a length prefix, we don't know
+                the compressed length of the individual frames
+                however, we know what part of a new packet belongs to the
+                previous frame
+                therefore we save the incoming packet first, then we append
+                the "previous frame" data from the next packet so that
+                we get a buffer that only contains full frames */
+            s->packet_done = !decode_frame(s);
         } else
             s->packet_done = 1;
     }