diff --git a/libavcodec/svq1_cb.h b/libavcodec/svq1_cb.h
index 14372a2550cf83193cd57bfff605880956b518fa..77ee56dbbe3c37029f953f8042263c59051bfd82 100644
--- a/libavcodec/svq1_cb.h
+++ b/libavcodec/svq1_cb.h
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ static const int8_t svq1_inter_codebook_8x8[6144] = {
 };
 
 /* list of codebooks for inter-coded vectors */
-static const uint8_t* const svq1_inter_codebooks[4] = {
+static const int8_t* const svq1_inter_codebooks[4] = {
     svq1_inter_codebook_4x2, svq1_inter_codebook_4x4,
     svq1_inter_codebook_8x4, svq1_inter_codebook_8x8
 };
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ static const int8_t svq1_intra_codebook_8x8[6144] = {
 };
 
 /* list of codebooks for intra-coded vectors */
-static const uint8_t* const svq1_intra_codebooks[4] = {
+static const int8_t* const svq1_intra_codebooks[4] = {
     svq1_intra_codebook_4x2, svq1_intra_codebook_4x4,
     svq1_intra_codebook_8x4, svq1_intra_codebook_8x8
 };