diff --git a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/aac.c b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/aac.c
index 8b06f5aa0e..0a4313e69e 100644
--- a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/aac.c
+++ b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/aac.c
@@ -202,12 +202,7 @@ enum codec_status codec_run(void)
         {
             ci->advance_buffer(file_offset - ci->curpos);
         }
-        else if (file_offset == 0)
-        {
-            LOGF("AAC: get_sample_offset error\n");
-            return CODEC_ERROR;
-        }
-        
+
         /* Request the required number of bytes from the input buffer */
         buffer=ci->request_buffer(&n, FAAD_BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libm4a/m4a.c b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libm4a/m4a.c
index 17af4cfece..958d0b1575 100644
--- a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libm4a/m4a.c
+++ b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libm4a/m4a.c
@@ -122,16 +122,19 @@ void stream_create(stream_t *stream,struct codec_api* ci)
 int m4a_check_sample_offset(demux_res_t *demux_res, uint32_t frame, uint32_t *start)
 {
     uint32_t i = *start;
-    for (i=0; i<demux_res->num_lookup_table; ++i)
+    for (;i < demux_res->num_lookup_table; ++i)
     {
-        if (demux_res->lookup_table[i].sample > frame ||
-            demux_res->lookup_table[i].offset == 0)
-            return -1;
-        if (demux_res->lookup_table[i].sample == frame)
+        if (demux_res->lookup_table[i].sample > frame)
             break;
+
+        if (demux_res->lookup_table[i].sample == frame)
+        {
+            *start = i;
+            return demux_res->lookup_table[i].offset;
+        }
     }
     *start = i;
-    return demux_res->lookup_table[i].offset;
+    return -1;
 }
 
 /* Seek to desired sound sample location. Return 1 on success (and modify