diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 6af869ae42..4e4d314f13 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static void release_unused_pictures(H264Context *h, int remove_current)
     int i;
 
     /* release non reference frames */
-    for (i = 0; i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++) {
         if (h->DPB[i].f.buf[0] && !h->DPB[i].reference &&
             (remove_current || &h->DPB[i] != h->cur_pic_ptr)) {
             unref_picture(h, &h->DPB[i]);
@@ -511,11 +511,11 @@ static int find_unused_picture(H264Context *h)
 {
     int i;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++) {
         if (pic_is_unused(h, &h->DPB[i]))
             break;
     }
-    if (i == MAX_PICTURE_COUNT)
+    if (i == H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
     if (h->DPB[i].needs_realloc) {
@@ -1233,11 +1233,11 @@ static void free_tables(H264Context *h, int free_rbsp)
     av_buffer_pool_uninit(&h->ref_index_pool);
 
     if (free_rbsp && h->DPB) {
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
+        for (i = 0; i < H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
             unref_picture(h, &h->DPB[i]);
         av_freep(&h->DPB);
     } else if (h->DPB) {
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
+        for (i = 0; i < H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
             h->DPB[i].needs_realloc = 1;
     }
 
@@ -1388,10 +1388,10 @@ int ff_h264_alloc_tables(H264Context *h)
         init_dequant_tables(h);
 
     if (!h->DPB) {
-        h->DPB = av_mallocz_array(MAX_PICTURE_COUNT, sizeof(*h->DPB));
+        h->DPB = av_mallocz_array(H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT, sizeof(*h->DPB));
         if (!h->DPB)
             return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
+        for (i = 0; i < H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
             av_frame_unref(&h->DPB[i].f);
         av_frame_unref(&h->cur_pic.f);
     }
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ av_cold int ff_h264_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 #undef REBASE_PICTURE
 #define REBASE_PICTURE(pic, new_ctx, old_ctx)             \
     ((pic && pic >= old_ctx->DPB &&                       \
-      pic < old_ctx->DPB + MAX_PICTURE_COUNT) ?           \
+      pic < old_ctx->DPB + H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT) ?           \
      &new_ctx->DPB[pic - old_ctx->DPB] : NULL)
 
 static void copy_picture_range(H264Picture **to, H264Picture **from, int count,
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ static void copy_picture_range(H264Picture **to, H264Picture **from, int count,
     for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         assert((IN_RANGE(from[i], old_base, sizeof(*old_base)) ||
                 IN_RANGE(from[i], old_base->DPB,
-                         sizeof(H264Picture) * MAX_PICTURE_COUNT) ||
+                         sizeof(H264Picture) * H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT) ||
                 !from[i]));
         to[i] = REBASE_PICTURE(from[i], new_base, old_base);
     }
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ static int decode_update_thread_context(AVCodecContext *dst,
     h->droppable            = h1->droppable;
     h->low_delay            = h1->low_delay;
 
-    for (i = 0; h->DPB && i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; h->DPB && i < H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++) {
         unref_picture(h, &h->DPB[i]);
         if (h1->DPB && h1->DPB[i].f.buf[0] &&
             (ret = ref_picture(h, &h->DPB[i], &h1->DPB[i])) < 0)
@@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ static void flush_dpb(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     flush_change(h);
 
     if (h->DPB)
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
+        for (i = 0; i < H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT; i++)
             unref_picture(h, &h->DPB[i]);
     h->cur_pic_ptr = NULL;
     unref_picture(h, &h->cur_pic);
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.h b/libavcodec/h264.h
index 613c356228..7b2cf5ff93 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "h264qpel.h"
 #include "rectangle.h"
 
+#define H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT 36
+
 #define MAX_SPS_COUNT          32
 #define MAX_PPS_COUNT         256
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_ps.c b/libavcodec/h264_ps.c
index cf27b4588c..7a749272d5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_ps.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_ps.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ int ff_h264_decode_seq_parameter_set(H264Context *h)
     sps->ref_frame_count = get_ue_golomb_31(&h->gb);
     if (h->avctx->codec_tag == MKTAG('S', 'M', 'V', '2'))
         sps->ref_frame_count = FFMAX(2, sps->ref_frame_count);
-    if (sps->ref_frame_count > MAX_PICTURE_COUNT - 2 ||
+    if (sps->ref_frame_count > H264_MAX_PICTURE_COUNT - 2 ||
         sps->ref_frame_count > 16U) {
         av_log(h->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                "too many reference frames %d\n", sps->ref_frame_count);