diff --git a/taglib/fileref.cpp b/taglib/fileref.cpp
index a8c3404f..e0284c6a 100644
--- a/taglib/fileref.cpp
+++ b/taglib/fileref.cpp
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ namespace
   {
     File *file = nullptr;
 
-    if(MPEG::File::isSupported(stream))
-      file = new MPEG::File(stream, readAudioProperties, audioPropertiesStyle);
+    if(false);
 #ifdef TAGLIB_WITH_VORBIS
     else if(Ogg::Vorbis::File::isSupported(stream))
       file = new Ogg::Vorbis::File(stream, readAudioProperties, audioPropertiesStyle);
@@ -300,6 +299,8 @@ namespace
     else if(Matroska::File::isSupported(stream))
       file = new Matroska::File(stream, readAudioProperties, audioPropertiesStyle);
 #endif
+    else if(MPEG::File::isSupported(stream))
+      file = new MPEG::File(stream, readAudioProperties, audioPropertiesStyle);
 
     // isSupported() only does a quick check, so double check the file here.
 
diff --git a/tests/data/mpeg-sync-flac.flac b/tests/data/mpeg-sync-flac.flac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b92aae9
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/data/mpeg-sync-flac.flac differ
diff --git a/tests/test_fileref_detect.cpp b/tests/test_fileref_detect.cpp
index 837c82fb..a5e74804 100644
--- a/tests/test_fileref_detect.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_fileref_detect.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ class TestFileRefDetectByContent : public CppUnit::TestFixture
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testSilence44SFlac);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testSinewaveFlac);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testZeroSizedPaddingFlac);
+  CPPUNIT_TEST(testFLACWithMPEGSyncBytes);
   // Ogg::Speex::File
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testEmptySpx);
   // Ogg::Opus::File
@@ -326,6 +327,9 @@ public:
   void testZeroSizedPaddingFlac() {
     detectByContent<FLAC::File>("zero-sized-padding.flac");
   }
+  void testFLACWithMPEGSyncBytes() {
+    detectByContent<FLAC::File>("mpeg-sync-flac.flac");
+  }
 
   // -- Ogg::Speex::File --
   void testEmptySpx() { detectByContent<Ogg::Speex::File>("empty.spx"); }