diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c b/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c
index e4181603fa..d00cbeb25c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c
@@ -470,9 +470,7 @@ static int decode_residual(H264Context *h, GetBitContext *gb, DCTELEM *block, in
                 level_code= (((2+level_code)>>1) ^ mask) - mask;
             }
             level[i]= level_code;
-
-            if(suffix_limit[suffix_length] + level_code > 2U*suffix_limit[suffix_length])
-                suffix_length++;
+            suffix_length+= suffix_limit[suffix_length] + level_code > 2U*suffix_limit[suffix_length];
         }
     }