diff --git a/libavcodec/alsdec.c b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
index 56d7f2faca..ef12253271 100644
--- a/libavcodec/alsdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
@@ -651,6 +651,11 @@ static int read_var_block_data(ALSDecContext *ctx, ALSBlockData *bd)
         for (k = 1; k < sub_blocks; k++)
             s[k] = s[k - 1] + decode_rice(gb, 0);
     }
+    for (k = 1; k < sub_blocks; k++)
+        if (s[k] > 32) {
+            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "k invalid for rice code.\n");
+            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+        }
 
     if (get_bits1(gb))
         *bd->shift_lsbs = get_bits(gb, 4) + 1;