diff --git a/libavcodec/cavsdec.c b/libavcodec/cavsdec.c
index eb2464f36d..2bcb42a6eb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/cavsdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/cavsdec.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static inline int decode_residual_inter(AVSContext *h)
 
     /* get quantizer */
     if (h->cbp && !h->qp_fixed)
-        h->qp = (h->qp + get_se_golomb(&h->gb)) & 63;
+        h->qp = (h->qp + (unsigned)get_se_golomb(&h->gb)) & 63;
     for (block = 0; block < 4; block++)
         if (h->cbp & (1 << block))
             decode_residual_block(h, &h->gb, inter_dec, 0, h->qp,