diff --git a/libavcodec/motion_est.h b/libavcodec/motion_est.h
index 6c0c674b2e..0f236b4066 100644
--- a/libavcodec/motion_est.h
+++ b/libavcodec/motion_est.h
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 
 struct MpegEncContext;
 
+#if ARCH_IA64 // Limit static arrays to avoid gcc failing "short data segment overflowed"
+#define MAX_MV 1024
+#else
 #define MAX_MV 4096
+#endif
 #define MAX_DMV (2*MAX_MV)
 
 #define FF_ME_ZERO 0