diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.h b/libavcodec/h264.h
index cd4bf87690..047937aea0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  * The maximum number of slices supported by the decoder.
  * must be a power of 2
  */
-#define MAX_SLICES 16
+#define MAX_SLICES 32
 
 #ifdef ALLOW_INTERLACE
 #define MB_MBAFF(h)    h->mb_mbaff