diff --git a/codec/h264/h264dec/cavlc.go b/codec/h264/h264dec/cavlc.go
index da614083..bd0db4b0 100644
--- a/codec/h264/h264dec/cavlc.go
+++ b/codec/h264/h264dec/cavlc.go
@@ -108,15 +108,13 @@ func formCoeffTokenMap(lines [][]string) ([nColumns]tokenMap, error) {
 			// Count the leading zeros.
 			var nZeros int
 			for _, c := range v {
-				if c == ' ' {
-					continue
+				if c == '1' {
+					break
 				}
 
 				if c == '0' {
 					nZeros++
-					continue
 				}
-				break
 			}
 
 			// This will be the value of the coeff_token (without leading zeros).