diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 28932599e0..118334ad7c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ static void idr(H264Context *h){
 static void flush_dpb(AVCodecContext *avctx){
     H264Context *h= avctx->priv_data;
     int i;
-    for(i=0; i<MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT; i++) {
+    for(i=0; i<=MAX_DELAYED_PIC_COUNT; i++) {
         if(h->delayed_pic[i])
             h->delayed_pic[i]->f.reference = 0;
         h->delayed_pic[i]= NULL;