diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
index 5baf99be88..902060f8c8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ static void start_frame(AVFilterLink *link, AVFilterBufferRef *picref)
 
     outpicref = avfilter_get_video_buffer(outlink, AV_PERM_WRITE, outlink->w, outlink->h);
     avfilter_copy_buffer_ref_props(outpicref, picref);
+    outpicref->video->w = outlink->w;
+    outpicref->video->h = outlink->h;
 
     outlink->out_buf = outpicref;