diff --git a/libavcodec/exr.c b/libavcodec/exr.c
index e907c5c464..8b701d1cd2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/exr.c
+++ b/libavcodec/exr.c
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
     // Zero out the start if ymin is not 0
     for (i = 0; i < planes; i++) {
         ptr = picture->data[i];
-        for (y = 0; y < s->ymin; y++) {
+        for (y = 0; y < FFMIN(s->ymin, s->h); y++) {
             memset(ptr, 0, out_line_size);
             ptr += picture->linesize[i];
         }