diff --git a/src/brpc/rtmp.cpp b/src/brpc/rtmp.cpp
index b897aed759..b0a5f04a6e 100644
--- a/src/brpc/rtmp.cpp
+++ b/src/brpc/rtmp.cpp
@@ -590,6 +590,18 @@ butil::Status AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord::Create(const butil::IOBuf& buf) {
 }
 
 butil::Status AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord::Create(const void* data, size_t len) {
+    // Parse into a copy and commit only on success, so that a rejected
+    // header leaves *this untouched. TsWriter keeps muxing with its record
+    // after a failed Create(), and AVCNaluIterator CHECKs length_size_minus1.
+    AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord tmp(*this);
+    butil::Status st = tmp.Parse(data, len);
+    if (st.ok()) {
+        *this = std::move(tmp);
+    }
+    return st;
+}
+
+butil::Status AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord::Parse(const void* data, size_t len) {
     butil::StringPiece buf((const char*)data, len);
     if (buf.size() < 6) {
         return butil::Status(EINVAL, "Length=%lu is not long enough",
diff --git a/src/brpc/rtmp.h b/src/brpc/rtmp.h
index 986d7539db..f58441bc25 100644
--- a/src/brpc/rtmp.h
+++ b/src/brpc/rtmp.h
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ struct AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord {
     std::vector<std::string> pps_list;
 
 private:
+    butil::Status Parse(const void* data, size_t len);
     butil::Status ParseSPS(const butil::StringPiece& buf, size_t sps_length);
 };
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord&);
diff --git a/test/brpc_rtmp_unittest.cpp b/test/brpc_rtmp_unittest.cpp
index 36e996b063..9d721e798b 100644
--- a/test/brpc_rtmp_unittest.cpp
+++ b/test/brpc_rtmp_unittest.cpp
@@ -1046,6 +1046,64 @@ TEST(RtmpTest, avc_seq_header_sps_exp_golomb) {
     ASSERT_EQ(80, avc.height);
 }
 
+// Create() wrote fields of the record (lengthSizeMinusOne, profile, level,
+// SPS/PPS lists) before all of its checks had passed, so a rejected sequence
+// header clobbered a record that had been parsed successfully before.
+// TsWriter keeps muxing with its record after a rejected header, and
+// AVCNaluIterator then trips CHECK_NE(_length_size_minus1, 2u) on the next
+// video frame. A rejected header must leave the record untouched.
+TEST(RtmpTest, avc_seq_header_rejected_length_size_keeps_record) {
+    // Same baseline SPS as the exp-golomb test above, lengthSizeMinusOne=3.
+    const char sps[7] = { 0x67, 0x42, 0x00, 0x1E, (char)0xdc, 0x52, (char)0xc0 };
+    const char sps_len_be[2] = { 0x00, (char)sizeof(sps) };
+    const char pps[4] = { 0x68, (char)0xce, 0x38, (char)0x80 };
+    const char pps_len_be[2] = { 0x00, (char)sizeof(pps) };
+    butil::IOBuf good;
+    const char good_head[6] = { 0x01, 0x42, 0x00, 0x1E, (char)0xff, (char)0xe1 };
+    good.append(good_head, sizeof(good_head));
+    good.append(sps_len_be, sizeof(sps_len_be));
+    good.append(sps, sizeof(sps));
+    good.push_back('\1'); // numPPS=1
+    good.append(pps_len_be, sizeof(pps_len_be));
+    good.append(pps, sizeof(pps));
+
+    brpc::AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord avc;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(avc.Create(good).ok());
+    ASSERT_EQ(3, avc.length_size_minus1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(brpc::AVC_PROFILE_BASELINE, avc.avc_profile);
+    ASSERT_EQ(1u, avc.sps_list.size());
+    ASSERT_EQ(1u, avc.pps_list.size());
+
+    // The same record with lengthSizeMinusOne=2, which Create() rejects.
+    butil::IOBuf bad;
+    const char bad_head[6] = { 0x01, 0x4d, 0x00, 0x1F, (char)0xfe, (char)0xe1 };
+    bad.append(bad_head, sizeof(bad_head));
+    bad.append(sps_len_be, sizeof(sps_len_be));
+    bad.append(sps, sizeof(sps));
+    bad.push_back('\0'); // numPPS=0
+
+    ASSERT_FALSE(avc.Create(bad).ok());
+    ASSERT_EQ(3, avc.length_size_minus1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(brpc::AVC_PROFILE_BASELINE, avc.avc_profile);
+    ASSERT_EQ(1u, avc.sps_list.size());
+    ASSERT_EQ(1u, avc.pps_list.size());
+
+    // A valid lengthSizeMinusOne=1 but truncated before numPPS, so Create()
+    // fails after the SPS has been parsed.
+    butil::IOBuf truncated;
+    const char trunc_head[6] = { 0x01, 0x4d, 0x00, 0x1F, (char)0xfd, (char)0xe1 };
+    truncated.append(trunc_head, sizeof(trunc_head));
+    truncated.append(sps_len_be, sizeof(sps_len_be));
+    truncated.append(sps, sizeof(sps));
+
+    ASSERT_FALSE(avc.Create(truncated).ok());
+    ASSERT_EQ(3, avc.length_size_minus1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(brpc::AVC_PROFILE_BASELINE, avc.avc_profile);
+    ASSERT_EQ(1u, avc.sps_list.size());
+    ASSERT_EQ(1u, avc.pps_list.size());
+    ASSERT_EQ(std::string(pps, sizeof(pps)), avc.pps_list[0]);
+}
+
 static void AppendBigEndian3Bytes(std::string* s, uint32_t v) {
     s->push_back((char)((v >> 16) & 0xFF));
     s->push_back((char)((v >> 8) & 0xFF));