diff --git a/libavutil/mathematics.c b/libavutil/mathematics.c
index df7d0d88bf..126cffc3f0 100644
--- a/libavutil/mathematics.c
+++ b/libavutil/mathematics.c
@@ -198,11 +198,10 @@ int64_t av_add_stable(AVRational ts_tb, int64_t ts, AVRational inc_tb, int64_t i
 
     if (m % d == 0)
         return ts + m / d;
-
-    if (av_cmp_q(inc_tb, ts_tb) < 0) {
-        //increase step is too small for even 1 step to be representable
+    if (m < d)
         return ts;
-    } else {
+
+    {
         int64_t old = av_rescale_q(ts, ts_tb, inc_tb);
         int64_t old_ts = av_rescale_q(old, inc_tb, ts_tb);
         return av_rescale_q(old + 1, inc_tb, ts_tb) + (ts - old_ts);