diff --git a/dom/media/omx/MediaCodecReader.cpp b/dom/media/omx/MediaCodecReader.cpp
index b0bdbac92486..2bad150d6152 100644
--- a/dom/media/omx/MediaCodecReader.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/omx/MediaCodecReader.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "MediaStreamSource.h"
 #include "MediaTaskQueue.h"
 #include "MP3FrameParser.h"
+#include "nsMimeTypes.h"
 #include "nsThreadUtils.h"
 #include "ImageContainer.h"
 #include "SharedThreadPool.h"
@@ -688,7 +689,9 @@ MediaCodecReader::ReadMetadata(MediaInfo* aInfo,
     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
   }
 
-  if (!TriggerIncrementalParser()) {
+  bool incrementalParserNeeded =
+    mDecoder->GetResource()->GetContentType().EqualsASCII(AUDIO_MP3);
+  if (incrementalParserNeeded && !TriggerIncrementalParser()) {
     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
   }
 
@@ -1419,10 +1422,10 @@ MediaCodecReader::TriggerIncrementalParser()
     mParsedDataLength = INT64_C(0);
 
     // MP3 file duration
-    mMP3FrameParser = new MP3FrameParser(mDecoder->GetResource()->GetLength());
     const char* mime = nullptr;
     if (mMetaData->findCString(kKeyMIMEType, &mime) &&
         !strcasecmp(mime, MEDIA_MIMETYPE_AUDIO_MPEG)) {
+      mMP3FrameParser = new MP3FrameParser(mDecoder->GetResource()->GetLength());
       {
         MonitorAutoUnlock monUnlock(mParserMonitor);
         // trigger parsing logic and wait for finishing parsing data in the beginning.