diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264bitwriter.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264bitwriter.c
index b4ae920af2..918e2f7fb0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264bitwriter.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/codecparsers/gsth264bitwriter.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ _h264_bit_writer_pps (const GstH264PPS * pps, GstBitWriter * bw,
     }
   }
 
-  WRITE_SE_RANGE (bw, ((gint) pps->second_chroma_qp_index_offset), -12, 12);
+  WRITE_SE_RANGE (bw, pps->second_chroma_qp_index_offset, -12, 12);
 
   *space = TRUE;
   return TRUE;