diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c b/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
index 649fa82b72..a450b4ec39 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ decode_cabac_residual_internal(const H264Context *h, H264SliceContext *sl,
 \
             if( coeff_abs >= 15 ) { \
                 int j = 0; \
-                while (get_cabac_bypass(CC) && j < 30) { \
+                while (get_cabac_bypass(CC) && j < 16+7) { \
                     j++; \
                 } \
 \