diff --git a/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/cea/Cea608Decoder.java b/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/cea/Cea608Decoder.java
index 0d50c3f709..5eb95468c3 100644
--- a/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/cea/Cea608Decoder.java
+++ b/library/extractor/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/text/cea/Cea608Decoder.java
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ public final class Cea608Decoder extends CeaDecoder {
     ccData.reset(subtitleData.array(), subtitleData.limit());
     boolean captionDataProcessed = false;
     while (ccData.bytesLeft() >= packetLength) {
-      byte ccHeader =
-          packetLength == 2 ? CC_IMPLICIT_DATA_HEADER : (byte) ccData.readUnsignedByte();
+      int ccHeader = packetLength == 2 ? CC_IMPLICIT_DATA_HEADER : ccData.readUnsignedByte();
+
       int ccByte1 = ccData.readUnsignedByte();
       int ccByte2 = ccData.readUnsignedByte();