diff --git a/libavcodec/av1_parse.h b/libavcodec/av1_parse.h
index 276af33ba9..864308f81d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/av1_parse.h
+++ b/libavcodec/av1_parse.h
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ static inline int parse_obu_header(const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size,
 
     size = *obu_size + *start_pos;
 
-    if (size > INT_MAX)
-        return AVERROR(ERANGE);
+    if (size > buf_size)
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
     return size;
 }