diff --git a/libavcodec/g723_1.c b/libavcodec/g723_1.c
index 5319aecc02..a8ca75f99a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/g723_1.c
+++ b/libavcodec/g723_1.c
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ static int scale_vector(int16_t *dst, const int16_t *vector, int length)
     for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
         max |= FFABS(vector[i]);
 
-    max   = FFMIN(max, 0x7FFF);
     bits  = normalize_bits(max, 15);
 
     if (bits == 15)