diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c
index efd48b1456..a202f919bf 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c
@@ -1144,6 +1144,10 @@ gst_qtdemux_adjust_seek (GstQTDemux * qtdemux, gint64 desired_time,
     if (CUR_STREAM (str)->sparse && !use_sparse)
       continue;
 
+    /* raw audio streams can be ignored as we can seek anywhere within them */
+    if (str->subtype == FOURCC_soun && str->need_clip)
+      continue;
+
     seg_idx = gst_qtdemux_find_segment (qtdemux, str, desired_time);
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (qtdemux, "align segment %d", seg_idx);