diff --git a/libavutil/rational.h b/libavutil/rational.h
index 2dd0c2c594..7c6605cce7 100644
--- a/libavutil/rational.h
+++ b/libavutil/rational.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef struct AVRational{
 static inline int av_cmp_q(AVRational a, AVRational b){
     const int64_t tmp= a.num * (int64_t)b.den - b.num * (int64_t)a.den;
 
-    if(tmp) return (tmp>>63)|1;
+    if(tmp) return ((tmp ^ a.den ^ b.den)>>63)|1;
     else    return 0;
 }