diff --git a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
index 169437acef0d1196dc659fc8ef05a33d5b69917a..8cfeea617564115eb03e2f98f07a136ed81b3586 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int read_restart_header(MLPDecodeContext *m, GetBitContext *gbp,
 
         /* Default audio coding is 24-bit raw PCM. */
         cp->huff_offset      = 0;
-        cp->sign_huff_offset = (-1) << 23;
+        cp->sign_huff_offset = -(1 << 23);
         cp->codebook         = 0;
         cp->huff_lsbs        = 24;
     }