diff --git a/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c b/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
index 2456d6c0d1..7e9130aa3b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static int read_quant_table(RangeCoder *c, int16_t *quant_table, int scale)
     memset(state, 128, sizeof(state));
 
     for (v = 0; i < 128; v++) {
-        unsigned len = get_symbol(c, state, 0) + 1;
+        unsigned len = get_symbol(c, state, 0) + 1U;
 
         if (len > 128 - i)
             return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;