diff --git a/libavcodec/golomb.h b/libavcodec/golomb.h
index 0833aff468a9e00fc3c4681876e89441df2df7e6..4f5514795a01e59586e6b1412ec7ae39b4cea3cc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/golomb.h
+++ b/libavcodec/golomb.h
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ static inline int get_te(GetBitContext *s, int r, char *file, const char *func,
 static inline void set_ue_golomb(PutBitContext *pb, int i)
 {
     av_assert2(i >= 0);
+    av_assert2(i <= 0xFFFE);
 
     if (i < 256)
         put_bits(pb, ff_ue_golomb_len[i], i + 1);