diff --git a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
index 39c40914cd..22a6efd63d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int read_channel_params(MLPDecodeContext *m, unsigned int substr,
     cp->codebook  = get_bits(gbp, 2);
     cp->huff_lsbs = get_bits(gbp, 5);
 
-    if (cp->huff_lsbs > 24) {
+    if (cp->codebook > 0 && cp->huff_lsbs > 24) {
         av_log(m->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid huff_lsbs.\n");
         cp->huff_lsbs = 0;
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
diff --git a/libavcodec/mlpenc.c b/libavcodec/mlpenc.c
index 8e45da4569..a9501c694f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlpenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlpenc.c
@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ static void write_decoding_params(MLPEncodeContext *ctx, PutBitContext *pb,
                     put_bits(pb, 1, 0);
                 }
             }
+            if (cp->codebook > 0 && cp->huff_lsbs > 24) {
+                av_log(ctx->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid Huff LSBs\n");
+            }
 
             put_bits(pb, 2, cp->codebook );
             put_bits(pb, 5, cp->huff_lsbs);