diff --git a/libavcodec/twinvq.c b/libavcodec/twinvq.c
index 22be07a5b5..3006e9f108 100644
--- a/libavcodec/twinvq.c
+++ b/libavcodec/twinvq.c
@@ -1137,6 +1137,10 @@ static av_cold int twin_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return -1;
     }
     ibps = avctx->bit_rate / (1000 * avctx->channels);
+    if (ibps < 8 || ibps > 48) {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Bad bitrate per channel value %d\n", ibps);
+        return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+    }
 
     switch ((isampf << 8) +  ibps) {
     case (8 <<8) +  8: tctx->mtab = &mode_08_08; break;