diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c b/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c
index 9440ce03eb..e4181603fa 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_cavlc.c
@@ -443,9 +443,7 @@ static int decode_residual(H264Context *h, GetBitContext *gb, DCTELEM *block, in
         }else{
             level_code += ((level_code>>31)|1) & -(trailing_ones < 3);
 
-            suffix_length = 1;
-            if(level_code + 3U > 6U)
-                suffix_length++;
+            suffix_length = 1 + (level_code + 3U > 6U);
             level[trailing_ones]= level_code;
         }