diff --git a/libavcodec/apedec.c b/libavcodec/apedec.c
index 19678a3ef0..3f9a2ce656 100644
--- a/libavcodec/apedec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/apedec.c
@@ -1203,14 +1203,14 @@ static void predictor_decode_mono_3950(APEContext *ctx, int count)
         A = *decoded0;
 
         p->buf[YDELAYA] = currentA;
-        p->buf[YDELAYA - 1] = p->buf[YDELAYA] - p->buf[YDELAYA - 1];
+        p->buf[YDELAYA - 1] = p->buf[YDELAYA] - (unsigned)p->buf[YDELAYA - 1];
 
         predictionA = p->buf[YDELAYA    ] * p->coeffsA[0][0] +
                       p->buf[YDELAYA - 1] * p->coeffsA[0][1] +
                       p->buf[YDELAYA - 2] * p->coeffsA[0][2] +
                       p->buf[YDELAYA - 3] * p->coeffsA[0][3];
 
-        currentA = A + (predictionA >> 10);
+        currentA = A + (unsigned)(predictionA >> 10);
 
         p->buf[YADAPTCOEFFSA]     = APESIGN(p->buf[YDELAYA    ]);
         p->buf[YADAPTCOEFFSA - 1] = APESIGN(p->buf[YDELAYA - 1]);