diff --git a/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c b/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c
index 0b7f91dd0a..ce6d4d4c59 100644
--- a/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/huffyuvdec.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ static void decode_plane_bitstream(HYuvDecContext *s, int width, int plane)
             }
         }
         if( width&1 && get_bits_left(&s->gb)>0 ) {
-            int dst = get_vlc2(&s->gb, s->vlc[plane].table, VLC_BITS, 3)<<2;
+            int dst = (unsigned)get_vlc2(&s->gb, s->vlc[plane].table, VLC_BITS, 3)<<2;
             s->temp16[0][width-1] = dst + get_bits(&s->gb, 2);
         }
     }