diff --git a/libavcodec/atrac3.c b/libavcodec/atrac3.c
index 84c5c11fca..1e54784a8d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/atrac3.c
+++ b/libavcodec/atrac3.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, const uint8_t *databuf,
 
 
         /* set the bitstream reader at the start of the second Sound Unit*/
-        init_get_bits(&q->gb, ptr1, avctx->block_align * 8);
+        init_get_bits8(&q->gb, ptr1, q->decoded_bytes_buffer + avctx->block_align - ptr1);
 
         /* Fill the Weighting coeffs delay buffer */
         memmove(q->weighting_delay, &q->weighting_delay[2],