diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
index 01e0d9930f..827e2ad5b4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
@@ -3140,6 +3140,7 @@ static inline void clip_coeffs(MpegEncContext *s, DCTELEM *block, int last_index
     int i;
     const int maxlevel= s->max_qcoeff;
     const int minlevel= s->min_qcoeff;
+    int overflow=0;
     
     if(s->mb_intra){
         i=1; //skip clipping of intra dc
@@ -3150,11 +3151,19 @@ static inline void clip_coeffs(MpegEncContext *s, DCTELEM *block, int last_index
         const int j= s->intra_scantable.permutated[i];
         int level = block[j];
        
-        if     (level>maxlevel) level=maxlevel;
-        else if(level<minlevel) level=minlevel;
-
+        if     (level>maxlevel){
+            level=maxlevel;
+            overflow++;
+        }else if(level<minlevel){
+            level=minlevel;
+            overflow++;
+        }
+        
         block[j]= level;
     }
+    
+    if(overflow && s->avctx->mb_decision == FF_MB_DECISION_SIMPLE)
+        av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "warning, cliping %d dct coefficents to %d..%d\n", overflow, minlevel, maxlevel);
 }
 
 #if 0