diff --git a/libavcodec/wavarc.c b/libavcodec/wavarc.c
index 8e4c7d17dc..0dc5849679 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wavarc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wavarc.c
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ static int decode_1dif(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             continue;
         case 6:
             s->shift = get_urice(gb, 2);
+            if ((unsigned)s->shift > 31) {
+                s->shift = 0;
+                return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+            }
             continue;
         case 5:
             if (avctx->sample_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_U8P) {
@@ -314,6 +318,10 @@ static int decode_2slp(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             continue;
         case 7:
             s->shift = get_urice(gb, 2);
+            if ((unsigned)s->shift > 31) {
+                s->shift = 0;
+                return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+            }
             continue;
         case 6:
             if (avctx->sample_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_U8P) {
@@ -586,6 +594,10 @@ static int decode_5elp(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             continue;
         case 10:
             s->shift = get_urice(gb, 2);
+            if ((unsigned)s->shift > 31) {
+                s->shift = 0;
+                return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+            }
             continue;
         case 9:
             if (avctx->sample_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_U8P) {