diff --git a/libavcodec/adpcm.c b/libavcodec/adpcm.c
index eb044ba4b9..dbb57e5bf2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/adpcm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/adpcm.c
@@ -721,6 +721,12 @@ static av_cold int adpcm_decode_init(AVCodecContext * avctx)
     case CODEC_ID_ADPCM_CT:
         c->status[0].step = c->status[1].step = 511;
         break;
+    case CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_WAV:
+        if (avctx->bits_per_coded_sample != 4) {
+            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Only 4-bit ADPCM IMA WAV files are supported\n");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        break;
     case CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_WS:
         if (avctx->extradata && avctx->extradata_size == 2 * 4) {
             c->status[0].predictor = AV_RL32(avctx->extradata);