diff --git a/libavcodec/put_bits.h b/libavcodec/put_bits.h
index 031db334d1..1a6f0afaa8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/put_bits.h
+++ b/libavcodec/put_bits.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ static inline void skip_put_bytes(PutBitContext *s, int n)
 {
     av_assert2((put_bits_count(s) & 7) == 0);
     av_assert2(s->bit_left == 32);
+    av_assert0(n <= s->buf_end - s->buf_ptr);
     s->buf_ptr += n;
 }