diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index a9a527723c..2d6047009b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ static void idr(H264Context *h){
     ff_h264_remove_all_refs(h);
     h->prev_frame_num= -1;
     h->prev_frame_num_offset= 0;
-    h->prev_poc_msb=
+    h->prev_poc_msb= 1<<16;
     h->prev_poc_lsb= 0;
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT; i++)
         h->last_pocs[i] = INT_MIN;