diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
index f755b96f2e..35ef7bf8d3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_slice.c
@@ -1579,8 +1579,8 @@ int ff_h264_decode_slice_header(H264Context *h, H264SliceContext *sl)
                                   (const uint8_t **)prev->f->data,
                                   prev->f->linesize,
                                   prev->f->format,
-                                  h->mb_width  * 16,
-                                  h->mb_height * 16);
+                                  prev->f->width,
+                                  prev->f->height);
                     h->short_ref[0]->poc = prev->poc + 2;
                 }
                 h->short_ref[0]->frame_num = h->prev_frame_num;