diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5541db7f2..66862543b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ver 0.19.2 (not yet released)
 * decoder
   - faad: remove workaround for ancient libfaad2 ABI bug
   - ffmpeg: recognize MIME type audio/aacp
+  - mad: fix negative replay gain values
 * output
   - fix memory leak after filter initialization error
   - fall back to PCM if given DSD sample rate is not supported
diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/MadDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/MadDecoderPlugin.cxx
index 41efb593d..de6c9b127 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/MadDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/MadDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ parse_lame(struct lame *lame, struct mad_bitptr *ptr, int *bitlen)
 	unsigned name = mad_bit_read(ptr, 3); /* gain name */
 	unsigned orig = mad_bit_read(ptr, 3); /* gain originator */
 	unsigned sign = mad_bit_read(ptr, 1); /* sign bit */
-	unsigned gain = mad_bit_read(ptr, 9); /* gain*10 */
+	int gain = mad_bit_read(ptr, 9); /* gain*10 */
 	if (gain && name == 1 && orig != 0) {
 		lame->track_gain = ((sign ? -gain : gain) / 10.0) + adj;
 		FormatDebug(mad_domain, "LAME track gain found: %f",