diff --git a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
index 635f92895c..0b0eb75990 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
@@ -547,6 +547,9 @@ static int read_restart_header(MLPDecodeContext *m, GetBitContext *gbp,
         return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
     }
 
+    if (max_channel + 1 > MAX_CHANNELS || max_channel + 1 < min_channel)
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+
     s->min_channel        = min_channel;
     s->max_channel        = max_channel;
     s->coded_channels     = ((1LL << (max_channel - min_channel + 1)) - 1) << min_channel;