diff --git a/libavcodec/mlp.h b/libavcodec/mlp.h
index a434cd1a229935d5442d7e1ca647c854edd153ff..bbb09e0b5a00f113aece80ec8ef95e164cadea0d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlp.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mlp.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 */
 #define MAX_FILTER_ORDER    8
 
+/** Code that signals end of a stream. */
+#define END_OF_STREAM       0xd234d234
+
 #define FIR 0
 #define IIR 1
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
index 421abdece1312d421c8710bb60b12de10e2e512a..7272458085eb333cf9ad90d938200b16abb83b76 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mlpdec.c
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ static int read_access_unit(AVCodecContext *avctx, void* data, int *data_size,
 
         skip_bits(&gb, (-get_bits_count(&gb)) & 15);
         if (substream_data_len[substr] * 8 - get_bits_count(&gb) >= 32 &&
-            (show_bits_long(&gb, 32) == 0xd234d234 ||
+            (show_bits_long(&gb, 32) == END_OF_STREAM ||
              show_bits_long(&gb, 20) == 0xd234e)) {
             skip_bits(&gb, 18);
             if (substr == m->max_decoded_substream)