diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h b/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h
index b9bd6bf449..41a62961e1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ static inline void quantize_bands(int *out, const float *in, const float *scaled
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
         float qc = scaled[i] * Q34;
-        out[i] = (int)FFMIN(qc + rounding, (float)maxval);
+        int tmp = (int)FFMIN(qc + rounding, (float)maxval);
         if (is_signed && in[i] < 0.0f) {
-            out[i] = -out[i];
+            tmp = -tmp;
         }
+        out[i] = tmp;
     }
 }