diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 5dad4ce211e5f1d8043ab2c3b07926f590532be5..eeb5290fed03da616a885c9041ea0b7dc2fc3684 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -7646,7 +7646,7 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
          * past end by one (callers fault) and resync_mb_y != 0
          * causes problems for the first MB line, too.
          */
-        if (!avctx->codec_id == CODEC_ID_H264_VDPAU && !FIELD_PICTURE)
+        if (avctx->codec_id != CODEC_ID_H264_VDPAU && !FIELD_PICTURE)
             ff_er_frame_end(s);
 
         MPV_frame_end(s);