diff --git a/libavcodec/gifdec.c b/libavcodec/gifdec.c
index 386c039c9c..095b506389 100644
--- a/libavcodec/gifdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/gifdec.c
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ static int gif_read_image(GifState *s)
     /* now get the image data */
     code_size = bytestream_get_byte(&s->bytestream);
     //TODO: add proper data size
-    ff_lzw_decode_init(s->lzw, code_size, s->bytestream, 0, FF_LZW_GIF);
+    ff_lzw_decode_init(s->lzw, code_size, s->bytestream,
+                       s->bytestream_end - s->bytestream, FF_LZW_GIF);
 
     /* read all the image */
     linesize = s->picture.linesize[0];