diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 368ce352faedabd32d6f90e2b42ffd1373233ba8..093304c1f89da5e96485ef3c51a4c97e68b4e973 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -3633,9 +3633,7 @@ static int decode_ref_pic_marking(H264Context *h, GetBitContext *gb){
     if(h->nal_unit_type == NAL_IDR_SLICE){ //FIXME fields
         s->broken_link= get_bits1(gb) -1;
         h->mmco[0].long_arg= get_bits1(gb) - 1; // current_long_term_idx
-        if(h->mmco[0].long_arg == -1)
-            h->mmco_index= 0;
-        else{
+        if(h->mmco[0].long_arg != -1){
             h->mmco[0].opcode= MMCO_LONG;
             h->mmco_index= 1;
         }
@@ -3683,8 +3681,7 @@ static int decode_ref_pic_marking(H264Context *h, GetBitContext *gb){
                     h->mmco[1].short_pic_num= h->mmco[0].short_pic_num + 1;
                     h->mmco_index= 2;
                 }
-            }else
-                h->mmco_index= 0;
+            }
         }
     }