diff --git a/libavformat/mxfdec.c b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
index af0c8a3100..ac63c0d5ad 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
@@ -4274,7 +4274,7 @@ static const AVClass demuxer_class = {
 const FFInputFormat ff_mxf_demuxer = {
     .p.name         = "mxf",
     .p.long_name    = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("MXF (Material eXchange Format)"),
-    .p.flags        = AVFMT_SEEK_TO_PTS,
+    .p.flags        = AVFMT_SEEK_TO_PTS | AVFMT_NOGENSEARCH,
     .p.priv_class   = &demuxer_class,
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(MXFContext),
     .flags_internal = FF_INFMT_FLAG_INIT_CLEANUP,