diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
index 0eaa24056d..4dab2eac44 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpegdec.c
@@ -843,9 +843,8 @@ static int decode_block(MJpegDecodeContext *s, int16_t *block, int component,
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
     val = val * (unsigned)quant_matrix[0] + s->last_dc[component];
-    val = av_clip_int16(val);
     s->last_dc[component] = val;
-    block[0] = val;
+    block[0] = av_clip_int16(val);
     /* AC coefs */
     i = 0;
     {OPEN_READER(re, &s->gb);
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/jpg-12bpp b/tests/ref/fate/jpg-12bpp
index b3c662d587..9b039a92c6 100644
--- a/tests/ref/fate/jpg-12bpp
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/jpg-12bpp
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #codec_id 0: rawvideo
 #dimensions 0: 999x749
 #sar 0: 1/1
-0,          0,          0,        1,  1496502, 0xd91deb4b
+0,          0,          0,        1,  1496502, 0x44efc0af