diff --git a/libavcodec/webp.c b/libavcodec/webp.c
index 19cb1fc223..c737f5492d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/webp.c
+++ b/libavcodec/webp.c
@@ -482,7 +482,9 @@ static int decode_entropy_image(WebPContext *s)
     max = 0;
     for (y = 0; y < img->frame->height; y++) {
         for (x = 0; x < img->frame->width; x++) {
-            int p = GET_PIXEL_COMP(img->frame, x, y, 2);
+            int p0 = GET_PIXEL_COMP(img->frame, x, y, 1);
+            int p1 = GET_PIXEL_COMP(img->frame, x, y, 2);
+            int p  = p0 << 8 | p1;
             max = FFMAX(max, p);
         }
     }
@@ -567,7 +569,9 @@ static HuffReader *get_huffman_group(WebPContext *s, ImageContext *img,
     if (gimg->size_reduction > 0) {
         int group_x = x >> gimg->size_reduction;
         int group_y = y >> gimg->size_reduction;
-        group       = GET_PIXEL_COMP(gimg->frame, group_x, group_y, 2);
+        int g0      = GET_PIXEL_COMP(gimg->frame, group_x, group_y, 1);
+        int g1      = GET_PIXEL_COMP(gimg->frame, group_x, group_y, 2);
+        group       = g0 << 8 | g1;
     }
 
     return &img->huffman_groups[group * HUFFMAN_CODES_PER_META_CODE];