diff --git a/libavcodec/texturedsp.c b/libavcodec/texturedsp.c
index 5012245a26..6049c96791 100644
--- a/libavcodec/texturedsp.c
+++ b/libavcodec/texturedsp.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define RGBA(r, g, b, a) (((uint8_t)(r) <<  0) | \
                           ((uint8_t)(g) <<  8) | \
                           ((uint8_t)(b) << 16) | \
-                          ((uint8_t)(a) << 24))
+                          ((unsigned)(uint8_t)(a) << 24))
 
 static av_always_inline void extract_color(uint32_t colors[4],
                                            uint16_t color0,