diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index f406829134..cf43a8bfb5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define AV_TOSTRING(s) #s
 #define LIBAVCODEC_IDENT	"FFmpeg" LIBAVCODEC_VERSION "b" AV_STRINGIFY(LIBAVCODEC_BUILD)
 
-#define AV_NOPTS_VALUE INT64_MIN
+#define AV_NOPTS_VALUE 0x8000000000000000LL
 #define AV_TIME_BASE 1000000
 
 enum CodecID {