diff --git a/decoder/mvc/imvcd_api.c b/decoder/mvc/imvcd_api.c
index 1026fc8..4b1876b 100644
--- a/decoder/mvc/imvcd_api.c
+++ b/decoder/mvc/imvcd_api.c
@@ -733,7 +733,13 @@ static IV_API_CALL_STATUS_T imvcd_view_decode(iv_obj_t *ps_dec_hdl, imvcd_video_
 
         if(i4_nalu_length)
         {
-            UWORD32 u4_nalu_buf_size = ((UWORD32) i4_nalu_length) + 8;
+            /* In some erroneous fuzzer bistreams, the slice data requires more
+              parsing than what was implied by the distance between successive
+              start codes.The primary culprit is the NEXTBITS macro which requires
+              reading 4 additional bytes of the bitstream buffer.To alleviate
+              this, 4 bytes per 4x4 TU have been additionally allocated to the
+              bitstream buffer. */
+            UWORD32 u4_nalu_buf_size = ((UWORD32) i4_nalu_length) + 8 + 4 * 16;
 
             if(u4_nalu_buf_size > u4_bitstream_buf_size)
             {