diff --git a/libavcodec/dpcm.c b/libavcodec/dpcm.c
index 5958081b66..c7712ad412 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dpcm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dpcm.c
@@ -305,9 +305,8 @@ static int dpcm_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
                 shift[ch] -= (2 * n);
             diff = sign_extend((diff &~ 3) << 8, 16);
 
-            /* saturate the shifter to a lower limit of 0 */
-            if (shift[ch] < 0)
-                shift[ch] = 0;
+            /* saturate the shifter to 0..31 */
+            shift[ch] = av_clip_uintp2(shift[ch], 5);
 
             diff >>= shift[ch];
             predictor[ch] += diff;