diff --git a/libavcodec/get_bits.h b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
index af7e156e59bf146b22d5b0014345126374dac5e4..1946c78af29e2bdd1e55b051ec652b17ccd451b3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/get_bits.h
+++ b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static inline int init_get_bits(GetBitContext *s, const uint8_t *buffer,
 static inline int init_get_bits8(GetBitContext *s, const uint8_t *buffer,
                                  int byte_size)
 {
-    if (byte_size > INT_MAX / 8)
+    if (byte_size > INT_MAX / 8 || byte_size < 0)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     return init_get_bits(s, buffer, byte_size * 8);
 }