diff --git a/libavcodec/qdrw.c b/libavcodec/qdrw.c
index 849d4a5cad..ff8f97713d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qdrw.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qdrw.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *p,
             bytestream2_skip(&gbc, 18);
             colors = bytestream2_get_be16(&gbc);
 
-            if (colors < 0 || colors > 256) {
+            if (colors < 0 || colors > 255) {
                 av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "Error color count - %i(0x%X)\n", colors, colors);
                 return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;