diff --git a/libavcodec/opt.c b/libavcodec/opt.c
index 7e0f527350..d8b1b0de06 100644
--- a/libavcodec/opt.c
+++ b/libavcodec/opt.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ const AVOption *av_set_string(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val){
             for(i=0; i<sizeof(buf)-1 && val[i] && val[i]!='+' && val[i]!='-'; i++)
                 buf[i]= val[i];
             buf[i]=0;
-            val+= i;
 
             d = ff_eval2(buf, const_values, const_names, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &error);
             if(isnan(d)) {
@@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ const AVOption *av_set_string(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val){
                 d= -d;
 
             av_set_number(obj, name, d, 1, 1);
+            val+= i;
             if(!*val)
                 return o;
         }