diff --git a/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb b/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb
index 91cac70e6..9e4a86c62 100644
--- a/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb
+++ b/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ class UploadService
     end
 
     def is_video_with_audio?(upload, file)
+      return false if !upload.is_video? # avoid ffprobe'ing the file if it's not a video (issue #3826)
       video = FFMPEG::Movie.new(file.path)
-      upload.is_video? && video.audio_channels.present?
+      video.audio_channels.present?
     end
 
     def automatic_tags(upload, file)