diff --git a/libavcodec/wavpack.c b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
index 4992ef5e2a..929d9ef979 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wavpack.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
@@ -887,6 +887,12 @@ static int wavpack_decode_block(AVCodecContext *avctx, int block_no,
             s->float_flag    = bytestream2_get_byte(&gb);
             s->float_shift   = bytestream2_get_byte(&gb);
             s->float_max_exp = bytestream2_get_byte(&gb);
+            if (s->float_shift > 31) {
+                av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                       "Invalid FLOATINFO, shift = %d (> 31)\n", s->float_shift);
+                s->float_shift = 0;
+                continue;
+            }
             got_float        = 1;
             bytestream2_skip(&gb, 1);
             break;