diff --git a/libswscale/swscale-test.c b/libswscale/swscale-test.c
index 661ff5b7b2..b79bb2373a 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale-test.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale-test.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ bad_option:
     for (y = 0; y < H; y++)
         for (x = 0; x < W * 4; x++)
             rgb_data[ x + y * 4 * W] = av_lfg_get(&rand);
-    sws_scale(sws, rgb_src, rgb_stride, 0, H, src, stride);
+    sws_scale(sws, rgb_src, rgb_stride, 0, H / 12, src, stride);
     sws_freeContext(sws);
     av_free(rgb_data);