diff --git a/libavcodec/mss2.c b/libavcodec/mss2.c
index f57685d7b1..f788143dd0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mss2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mss2.c
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ static void arith2_normalise(ArithCoder *c)
             c->value ^= 0x8000;
             c->low   ^= 0x8000;
         }
-        c->high  = c->high  << 8 & 0xFFFFFF | 0xFF;
-        c->value = c->value << 8 & 0xFFFFFF | bytestream2_get_byte(c->gbc.gB);
-        c->low   = c->low   << 8 & 0xFFFFFF;
+        c->high  = (uint16_t)c->high  << 8  | 0xFF;
+        c->value = (uint16_t)c->value << 8  | bytestream2_get_byte(c->gbc.gB);
+        c->low   = (uint16_t)c->low   << 8;
     }
 }