diff --git a/libavutil/mathematics.c b/libavutil/mathematics.c
index 126cffc3f0..b1ffd652de 100644
--- a/libavutil/mathematics.c
+++ b/libavutil/mathematics.c
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ int64_t av_rescale_rnd(int64_t a, int64_t b, int64_t c, enum AVRounding rnd)
         rnd -= AV_ROUND_PASS_MINMAX;
     }
 
-    if (a < 0 && a != INT64_MIN)
-        return -av_rescale_rnd(-a, b, c, rnd ^ ((rnd >> 1) & 1));
+    if (a < 0)
+        return -av_rescale_rnd(-FFMAX(a, -INT64_MAX), b, c, rnd ^ ((rnd >> 1) & 1));
 
     if (rnd == AV_ROUND_NEAR_INF)
         r = c / 2;