diff --git a/libavcodec/shorten.c b/libavcodec/shorten.c
index 2d3540a229..b785284aa2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/shorten.c
+++ b/libavcodec/shorten.c
@@ -661,6 +661,10 @@ static int shorten_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
                  * of get_sr_golomb_shorten(). */
                 if (s->version == 0)
                     residual_size--;
+                if (residual_size > 30U) {
+                    av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "residual size unsupportd: %d\n", residual_size);
+                    return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+                }
             }
 
             /* calculate sample offset using means from previous blocks */