diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c b/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c
index 0b201a770e..f80dcd28e2 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vf_scale.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void put_image(struct vf_instance_s* vf, mp_image_t *mpi){
 
     // hope we'll get DR buffer:
     dmpi=vf_get_image(vf->next,vf->priv->fmt,
-	MP_IMGTYPE_TEMP, MP_IMGFLAG_ACCEPT_STRIDE,
+	MP_IMGTYPE_TEMP, MP_IMGFLAG_ACCEPT_STRIDE | MP_IMGFLAG_PREFER_ALIGNED_STRIDE,
 	vf->priv->w, vf->priv->h);
     vf->priv->ctx->swScale(vf->priv->ctx,mpi->planes,mpi->stride,0,mpi->h,dmpi->planes,dmpi->stride);