diff --git a/libavcodec/get_bits.h b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
index b7c68e1b9f..3339c126e6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/get_bits.h
+++ b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static inline int init_get_bits(GetBitContext *s, const uint8_t *buffer,
     int ret = 0;
 
     if (bit_size > INT_MAX - 7 || bit_size < 0 || !buffer) {
-        buffer_size = bit_size = 0;
+        bit_size    = 0;
         buffer      = NULL;
         ret         = AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }