diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c
index e69589fcea..51bc2d14bf 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,8 @@ gst_jpeg_dec_handle_frame (GstVideoDecoder * bdec, GstVideoCodecFrame * frame)
   /* is it interlaced MJPEG? (we really don't want to scan the jpeg data
    * to see if there are two SOF markers in the packet to detect this) */
   if (gst_video_decoder_get_packetized (bdec) &&
-      dec->input_state && height > DCTSIZE &&
+      dec->input_state &&
+      dec->input_state->info.height != height && height > DCTSIZE &&
       dec->input_state->info.height > (2 * (height - DCTSIZE)) &&
       dec->input_state->info.height <= (height * 2)
       && dec->input_state->info.width == width) {