diff --git a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
index d5092ec5f..f8175737a 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
+++ b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include "v4l2-helpers.h"
 #include "v4l2-decoder.h"
 
+#define FALLBACK_FRAMERATE 30
+
 #if HAVE_UDEV
 #include "v4l2-udev.h"
 #endif
@@ -1029,6 +1031,11 @@ static void v4l2_init(struct v4l2_data *data)
 		blog(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to set framerate");
 		goto fail;
 	}
+	if (data->framerate == 0) {
+		blog(LOG_ERROR, "Framerate is not set, falling back to %i",
+		     FALLBACK_FRAMERATE);
+		data->framerate = v4l2_pack_tuple(1, FALLBACK_FRAMERATE);
+	}
 	v4l2_unpack_tuple(&fps_num, &fps_denom, data->framerate);
 	blog(LOG_INFO, "Framerate: %.2f fps", (float)fps_denom / fps_num);