diff --git a/libavutil/samplefmt.c b/libavutil/samplefmt.c
index 389f726d65..bff600447c 100644
--- a/libavutil/samplefmt.c
+++ b/libavutil/samplefmt.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ int av_samples_get_buffer_size(int *linesize, int nb_channels, int nb_samples,
 
     /* auto-select alignment if not specified */
     if (!align) {
+        if (nb_samples > INT_MAX - 31)
+            return AVERROR(EINVAL);
         align = 1;
         nb_samples = FFALIGN(nb_samples, 32);
     }