diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
index 24fc5db85b..d983690119 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,8 @@ static int mpeg_decode_slice(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             break;
         MPV_decode_mb(s, s->block);
     }
-    
+    emms_c();
+
     /* end of slice reached */
     if (s->mb_x == (s->mb_width - 1) &&
         s->mb_y == (s->mb_height - 1)) {