diff --git a/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c b/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c
index 98a011fe18..979b92165b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wavpackenc.c
@@ -2216,8 +2216,7 @@ static void pack_float_sample(WavPackEncodeContext *s, int32_t *sample)
         }
     } else if (shift_count) {
         if (s->float_flags & FLOAT_SHIFT_SENT) {
-            int32_t data = get_mantissa(*sample) & ((1 << shift_count) - 1);
-            put_bits(pb, shift_count, data);
+            put_sbits(pb, shift_count, get_mantissa(*sample));
         } else if (s->float_flags & FLOAT_SHIFT_SAME) {
             put_bits(pb, 1, get_mantissa(*sample) & 1);
         }