diff --git a/libavutil/common.h b/libavutil/common.h
index dd1c22396e..2e72a83913 100644
--- a/libavutil/common.h
+++ b/libavutil/common.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static inline av_const int av_clip(int a, int amin, int amax)
  */
 static inline av_const uint8_t av_clip_uint8(int a)
 {
-    if (a&(~255)) return (-a)>>31;
+    if (a&(~0xFF)) return (-a)>>31;
     else          return a;
 }
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static inline av_const uint8_t av_clip_uint8(int a)
  */
 static inline av_const uint16_t av_clip_uint16(int a)
 {
-    if (a&(~65535)) return (-a)>>31;
+    if (a&(~0xFFFF)) return (-a)>>31;
     else            return a;
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static inline av_const uint16_t av_clip_uint16(int a)
  */
 static inline av_const int16_t av_clip_int16(int a)
 {
-    if ((a+32768) & ~65535) return (a>>31) ^ 32767;
+    if ((a+0x8000) & ~0xFFFF) return (a>>31) ^ 0x7FFF;
     else                    return a;
 }