diff --git a/libavcodec/bmp.c b/libavcodec/bmp.c
index 14c070da8f..5de1c46b13 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bmp.c
+++ b/libavcodec/bmp.c
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ static int bmp_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     }else{
         switch(depth){
         case 1:
+        case 8:
+        case 24:
             for(i = 0; i < avctx->height; i++){
                 memcpy(ptr, buf, n);
                 buf += n;
@@ -261,20 +263,6 @@ static int bmp_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
                 ptr += linesize;
             }
             break;
-        case 8:
-            for(i = 0; i < avctx->height; i++){
-                memcpy(ptr, buf, avctx->width);
-                buf += n;
-                ptr += linesize;
-            }
-            break;
-        case 24:
-            for(i = 0; i < avctx->height; i++){
-                memcpy(ptr, buf, avctx->width*(depth>>3));
-                buf += n;
-                ptr += linesize;
-            }
-            break;
         case 16:
             for(i = 0; i < avctx->height; i++){
                 const uint16_t *src = (const uint16_t *) buf;