diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 318c1c8355..7c47cfbeb7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,8 @@ static int pred_weight_table(H264Context *h){
     h->use_weight= 0;
     h->use_weight_chroma= 0;
     h->luma_log2_weight_denom= get_ue_golomb(&s->gb);
-    h->chroma_log2_weight_denom= get_ue_golomb(&s->gb);
+    if(CHROMA)
+        h->chroma_log2_weight_denom= get_ue_golomb(&s->gb);
     luma_def = 1<<h->luma_log2_weight_denom;
     chroma_def = 1<<h->chroma_log2_weight_denom;