diff --git a/libavcodec/apedec.c b/libavcodec/apedec.c
index 9c723f2997..35a2e617e6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/apedec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/apedec.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ typedef struct APEFilter {
     int16_t *historybuffer; ///< filter memory
     int16_t *delay;         ///< filtered values
 
-    int avg;
+    uint32_t avg;
 } APEFilter;
 
 typedef struct APERice {