diff --git a/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c b/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c
index aa88e7e303..22e6710d72 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ static int decode_channel_residues(WmallDecodeCtx *s, int ch, int tile_size)
 
     if (s->seekable_tile) {
         if (s->do_inter_ch_decorr)
-            s->channel_residues[ch][0] = get_sbits(&s->gb, s->bits_per_sample + 1);
+            s->channel_residues[ch][0] = get_sbits_long(&s->gb, s->bits_per_sample + 1);
         else
-            s->channel_residues[ch][0] = get_sbits(&s->gb, s->bits_per_sample);
+            s->channel_residues[ch][0] = get_sbits_long(&s->gb, s->bits_per_sample);
         i++;
     }
     for (; i < tile_size; i++) {