diff --git a/libavcodec/wmadec.c b/libavcodec/wmadec.c
index d80bd2bb71..ffbf511adc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wmadec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/wmadec.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static int wma_decode_block(WMACodecContext *s)
 
                 /* very high freqs : noise */
                 n     = s->block_len - s->coefs_end[bsize];
-                mult1 = mult * exponents[((-1 << bsize)) >> esize];
+                mult1 = mult * exponents[(-(1 << bsize)) >> esize];
                 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                     *coefs++       = s->noise_table[s->noise_index] * mult1;
                     s->noise_index = (s->noise_index + 1) & (NOISE_TAB_SIZE - 1);