diff --git a/libavcodec/4xm.c b/libavcodec/4xm.c
index 5a20c13b80..3e0e681331 100644
--- a/libavcodec/4xm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/4xm.c
@@ -766,7 +766,10 @@ static int decode_i_frame(FourXContext *f, AVFrame *frame, const uint8_t *buf, i
     unsigned int prestream_size;
     const uint8_t *prestream;
 
-    if (bitstream_size > (1<<26) || length < bitstream_size + 12) {
+    if (bitstream_size > (1 << 26))
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+
+    if (length < bitstream_size + 12) {
         av_log(f->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "packet size too small\n");
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
@@ -775,7 +778,6 @@ static int decode_i_frame(FourXContext *f, AVFrame *frame, const uint8_t *buf, i
     prestream      =             buf + bitstream_size + 12;
 
     if (prestream_size + bitstream_size + 12 != length
-        || bitstream_size > (1 << 26)
         || prestream_size > (1 << 26)) {
         av_log(f->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "size mismatch %d %d %d\n",
                prestream_size, bitstream_size, length);