diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index dab2d07f38..91b2fa5a10 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -2610,7 +2610,7 @@ static void hl_decode_mb(H264Context *h){
     MpegEncContext * const s = &h->s;
     const int mb_xy= h->mb_xy;
     const int mb_type= s->current_picture.mb_type[mb_xy];
-    int is_complex = h->is_complex || IS_INTRA_PCM(mb_type) || s->qscale == 0;
+    int is_complex = ENABLE_SMALL || h->is_complex || IS_INTRA_PCM(mb_type) || s->qscale == 0;
 
     if(ENABLE_H264_ENCODER && !s->decode)
         return;
@@ -6572,7 +6572,7 @@ static int decode_slice(struct AVCodecContext *avctx, void *arg){
     s->mb_skip_run= -1;
 
     h->is_complex = FRAME_MBAFF || s->picture_structure != PICT_FRAME || s->codec_id != CODEC_ID_H264 ||
-                    (ENABLE_GRAY && (s->flags&CODEC_FLAG_GRAY)) || (ENABLE_H264_ENCODER && s->encoding) || ENABLE_SMALL;
+                    (ENABLE_GRAY && (s->flags&CODEC_FLAG_GRAY)) || (ENABLE_H264_ENCODER && s->encoding);
 
     if( h->pps.cabac ) {
         int i;