diff --git a/libavcodec/h261dec.c b/libavcodec/h261dec.c
index f286d23635ecb8d4cc90198abeb8a8b532f9d411..c9470b1296fb7675f8764649a4719d6424772351 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h261dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h261dec.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ static int h261_decode_block(H261Context *h, int16_t *block, int n, int coded)
     }
     {
     OPEN_READER(re, &s->gb);
+    i--; // offset by -1 to allow direct indexing of scan_table
     for (;;) {
         UPDATE_CACHE(re, &s->gb);
         GET_RL_VLC(level, run, re, &s->gb, rl->rl_vlc[0], TCOEFF_VLC_BITS, 2, 0);
@@ -330,17 +331,17 @@ static int h261_decode_block(H261Context *h, int16_t *block, int n, int coded)
             SKIP_COUNTER(re, &s->gb, 1);
         }
         i += run;
-        if (i > 64) {
+        if (i >= 64) {
             av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "run overflow at %dx%d\n",
                    s->mb_x, s->mb_y);
             return -1;
         }
-        j        = scan_table[i-1];
+        j        = scan_table[i];
         block[j] = level;
     }
     CLOSE_READER(re, &s->gb);
     }
-    s->block_last_index[n] = i - 1;
+    s->block_last_index[n] = i;
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c b/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c
index ad5a3cbc491f87c0d2c6f0c70fc9cd7fdb27c0c0..168ac7489f2a6a4644caeee0d940f20e09d337fa 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ituh263dec.c
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ static int h263_decode_block(MpegEncContext * s, int16_t * block,
 retry:
     {
     OPEN_READER(re, &s->gb);
+    i--; // offset by -1 to allow direct indexing of scan_table
     for(;;) {
         UPDATE_CACHE(re, &s->gb);
         GET_RL_VLC(level, run, re, &s->gb, rl->rl_vlc[0], TEX_VLC_BITS, 2, 0);
@@ -529,9 +530,9 @@ retry:
             SKIP_COUNTER(re, &s->gb, 1);
         }
         i += run;
-        if (i > 64){
-            // redo update without last flag
-            i = i - run + ((run-1)&63);
+        if (i >= 64){
+            // redo update without last flag, revert -1 offset
+            i = i - run + ((run-1)&63) + 1;
             if (i < 64) {
                 // only last marker, no overrun
                 block[scan_table[i]] = level;
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ retry:
             av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "run overflow at %dx%d i:%d\n", s->mb_x, s->mb_y, s->mb_intra);
             return -1;
         }
-        j = scan_table[i-1];
+        j = scan_table[i];
         block[j] = level;
     }
     CLOSE_READER(re, &s->gb);