diff --git a/libavformat/rmdec.c b/libavformat/rmdec.c
index e95cc9f858..e612c42e57 100644
--- a/libavformat/rmdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rmdec.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int rm_sync(AVFormatContext *s, int64_t *timestamp, int *flags, int *stre
 
             num = avio_rb16(pb);
             *timestamp = avio_rb32(pb);
-            mlti_id = avio_r8((pb) >> 1) - 1;
+            mlti_id = (avio_r8(pb) >> 1) - 1;
             mlti_id = FFMAX(mlti_id, 0) << 16;
             *flags = avio_r8(pb); /* flags */
         }