diff --git a/libavcodec/vc1_block.c b/libavcodec/vc1_block.c
index 20dbf63751..0ccaf6b022 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vc1_block.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vc1_block.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static int vc1_decode_i_block_adv(VC1Context *v, int16_t block[64], int n,
                 q2 = FFABS(q2) * 2 + ((q2 < 0) ? 0 : v->halfpq) - 1;
             if (q2 && q1 != q2) {
                 for (k = 1; k < 8; k++)
-                    ac_val2[k] = (ac_val2[k] * q2 * ff_vc1_dqscale[q1 - 1] + 0x20000) >> 18;
+                    ac_val2[k] = (int)(ac_val2[k] * q2 * (unsigned)ff_vc1_dqscale[q1 - 1] + 0x20000) >> 18;
             }
             for (k = 1; k < 8; k++) {
                 block[k << sh] = ac_val2[k] * scale;