diff --git a/libavcodec/motion_est.h b/libavcodec/motion_est.h
index 9cdd637aaa..2d3c02ae87 100644
--- a/libavcodec/motion_est.h
+++ b/libavcodec/motion_est.h
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 
 struct MpegEncContext;
 
+#if ARCH_IA64 // Limit static arrays to avoid gcc failing "short data segment overflowed"
+#define MAX_MV 1024
+#else
 #define MAX_MV 4096
+#endif
 #define MAX_DMV (2*MAX_MV)
 #define ME_MAP_SIZE 64