diff --git a/libavcodec/atrac3plus.c b/libavcodec/atrac3plus.c
index 7071596a8c..076fb844a7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/atrac3plus.c
+++ b/libavcodec/atrac3plus.c
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ static VLC spec_vlc_tabs[112];
 static VLC gain_vlc_tabs[11];
 static VLC tone_vlc_tabs[7];
 
-#define GET_DELTA(gb, delta_bits) \
-    ((delta_bits) ? get_bits((gb), (delta_bits)) : 0)
-
 /**
  * Generate canonical VLC table from given descriptor.
  *
@@ -384,7 +381,7 @@ static int decode_channel_wordlen(GetBitContext *gb, Atrac3pChanUnitCtx *ctx,
                     chan->qu_wordlen[i] = get_bits(gb, 3);
 
                 for (i = pos; i < chan->num_coded_vals; i++)
-                    chan->qu_wordlen[i] = (min_val + GET_DELTA(gb, delta_bits)) & 7;
+                    chan->qu_wordlen[i] = (min_val + get_bitsz(gb, delta_bits)) & 7;
             }
         }
         break;
@@ -516,7 +513,7 @@ static int decode_channel_sf_idx(GetBitContext *gb, Atrac3pChanUnitCtx *ctx,
                 /* all others are: min_val + delta */
                 for (i = num_long_vals; i < ctx->used_quant_units; i++)
                     chan->qu_sf_idx[i] = (chan->qu_sf_idx[i] + min_val +
-                                          GET_DELTA(gb, delta_bits)) & 0x3F;
+                                          get_bitsz(gb, delta_bits)) & 0x3F;
             } else {
                 num_long_vals = get_bits(gb, 5);
                 delta_bits    = get_bits(gb, 3);
@@ -534,7 +531,7 @@ static int decode_channel_sf_idx(GetBitContext *gb, Atrac3pChanUnitCtx *ctx,
                 /* all others are: min_val + delta */
                 for (i = num_long_vals; i < ctx->used_quant_units; i++)
                     chan->qu_sf_idx[i] = (min_val +
-                                          GET_DELTA(gb, delta_bits)) & 0x3F;
+                                          get_bitsz(gb, delta_bits)) & 0x3F;
             }
         }
         break;
@@ -1014,7 +1011,7 @@ static int decode_gainc_npoints(GetBitContext *gb, Atrac3pChanUnitCtx *ctx,
             min_val    = get_bits(gb, 3);
 
             for (i = 0; i < coded_subbands; i++) {
-                chan->gain_data[i].num_points = min_val + GET_DELTA(gb, delta_bits);
+                chan->gain_data[i].num_points = min_val + get_bitsz(gb, delta_bits);
                 if (chan->gain_data[i].num_points > 7)
                     return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             }
@@ -1134,7 +1131,7 @@ static int decode_gainc_levels(GetBitContext *gb, Atrac3pChanUnitCtx *ctx,
 
             for (sb = 0; sb < coded_subbands; sb++)
                 for (i = 0; i < chan->gain_data[sb].num_points; i++) {
-                    chan->gain_data[sb].lev_code[i] = min_val + GET_DELTA(gb, delta_bits);
+                    chan->gain_data[sb].lev_code[i] = min_val + get_bitsz(gb, delta_bits);
                     if (chan->gain_data[sb].lev_code[i] > 15)
                         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
                 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/escape124.c b/libavcodec/escape124.c
index f652198e5b..629ba5e2d7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/escape124.c
+++ b/libavcodec/escape124.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static MacroBlock decode_macroblock(Escape124Context* s, GetBitContext* gb,
     // depth = 0 means that this shouldn't read any bits;
     // in theory, this is the same as get_bits(gb, 0), but
     // that doesn't actually work.
-    block_index = depth ? get_bits(gb, depth) : 0;
+    block_index = get_bitsz(gb, depth);
 
     if (*codebook_index == 1) {
         block_index += superblock_index << s->codebooks[1].depth;
diff --git a/libavcodec/wavpack.c b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
index 599e36ccc5..ab9dec9859 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wavpack.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wavpack.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static av_always_inline int get_tail(GetBitContext *gb, int k)
         return 0;
     p   = av_log2(k);
     e   = (1 << (p + 1)) - k - 1;
-    res = p ? get_bits(gb, p) : 0;
+    res = get_bitsz(gb, p);
     if (res >= e)
         res = (res << 1) - e + get_bits1(gb);
     return res;
diff --git a/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c b/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c
index e752bd02ea..e335db7f12 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@ static void decode_ac_filter(WmallDecodeCtx *s)
     s->acfilter_scaling = get_bits(&s->gb, 4);
 
     for (i = 0; i < s->acfilter_order; i++)
-        s->acfilter_coeffs[i] = (s->acfilter_scaling ?
-                                 get_bits(&s->gb, s->acfilter_scaling) : 0) + 1;
+        s->acfilter_coeffs[i] = get_bitsz(&s->gb, s->acfilter_scaling) + 1;
 }
 
 static void decode_mclms(WmallDecodeCtx *s)
@@ -425,7 +424,7 @@ static void decode_mclms(WmallDecodeCtx *s)
         if (1 << cbits < s->mclms_scaling + 1)
             cbits++;
 
-        send_coef_bits = (cbits ? get_bits(&s->gb, cbits) : 0) + 2;
+        send_coef_bits = get_bitsz(&s->gb, cbits) + 2;
 
         for (i = 0; i < s->mclms_order * s->num_channels * s->num_channels; i++)
             s->mclms_coeffs[i] = get_bits(&s->gb, send_coef_bits);
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ static int decode_cdlms(WmallDecodeCtx *s)
                 if ((1 << cbits) < s->cdlms[c][i].scaling + 1)
                     cbits++;
 
-                s->cdlms[c][i].bitsend = get_bits(&s->gb, cbits) + 2;
+                s->cdlms[c][i].bitsend = get_bitsz(&s->gb, cbits) + 2;
                 shift_l = 32 - s->cdlms[c][i].bitsend;
                 shift_r = 32 - s->cdlms[c][i].scaling - 2;
                 for (j = 0; j < s->cdlms[c][i].coefsend; j++)
diff --git a/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c b/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c
index 46710c54ae..bdcf64eb2f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wmaprodec.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ static int decode_subframe(WMAProDecodeCtx *s)
         int num_fill_bits;
         if (!(num_fill_bits = get_bits(&s->gb, 2))) {
             int len = get_bits(&s->gb, 4);
-            num_fill_bits = get_bits(&s->gb, len) + 1;
+            num_fill_bits = get_bitsz(&s->gb, len) + 1;
         }
 
         if (num_fill_bits >= 0) {