diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_parser.c b/libavcodec/h264_parser.c
index 3574010a64..94cfbc481e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_parser.c
@@ -641,10 +641,10 @@ static int h264_parse(AVCodecParserContext *s,
             int64_t num = time_base.num * (int64_t)avctx->pkt_timebase.den;
             if (s->dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
                 // got DTS from the stream, update reference timestamp
-                p->reference_dts = s->dts - av_rescale(s->dts_ref_dts_delta, num, den);
+                p->reference_dts = av_sat_sub64(s->dts, av_rescale(s->dts_ref_dts_delta, num, den));
             } else if (p->reference_dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
                 // compute DTS based on reference timestamp
-                s->dts = p->reference_dts + av_rescale(s->dts_ref_dts_delta, num, den);
+                s->dts = av_sat_add64(p->reference_dts, av_rescale(s->dts_ref_dts_delta, num, den));
             }
 
             if (p->reference_dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE && s->pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE)