diff --git a/libavformat/riffdec.c b/libavformat/riffdec.c
index a38ea39f0d..aa637b6fcf 100644
--- a/libavformat/riffdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/riffdec.c
@@ -168,21 +168,7 @@ int ff_get_wav_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb,
             codec->channels += codec->extradata[8 + i * 20 + 17];
     }
 
-    if (bitrate > INT_MAX) {
-        if (s->error_recognition & AV_EF_EXPLODE) {
-            av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR,
-                   "The bitrate %"PRIu64" is too large.\n",
-                    bitrate);
-            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
-        } else {
-            av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-                   "The bitrate %"PRIu64" is too large, resetting to 0.",
-                   bitrate);
-            codec->bit_rate = 0;
-        }
-    } else {
-        codec->bit_rate = bitrate;
-    }
+    codec->bit_rate = bitrate;
 
     if (codec->sample_rate <= 0) {
         av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR,